{"id":355352,"date":"2025-11-04T16:11:17","date_gmt":"2025-11-04T16:11:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/355352\/"},"modified":"2025-11-04T16:11:17","modified_gmt":"2025-11-04T16:11:17","slug":"the-sideload-011-virtual-reality-bites","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/355352\/","title":{"rendered":"The Sideload 011: (Virtual) reality bites"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t<img width=\"1600\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/sideload-podcast-wider-copy-1.jpg\" class=\"skip-lazy wp-post-image\" alt=\"\"  decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Welcome to The Sideload episode 11, a\u00a09to5Google\u00a0podcast. This week, Will is joined by Nick Sutrich, Senior Content Producer at Android Central, to discuss everything VR, AR, and whatever lies in between. This isn\u2019t just a conversation surrounding the launch of Galaxy XR and the Android XR platform \u2014 together, Nick and Will walk through the entire XR landscape, ranging from the ongoing dominance of Meta Quest to the failure of PSVR2, and, of course, a look at the smart glasses that could shape our future.<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe<\/p>\n<p>Timestamps<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>00:00:00 \u2013 Intro<\/li>\n<li>00:01:02 \u2013 Nick\u2019s VR experience<\/li>\n<li>00:10:04 \u2013 Galaxy VR<\/li>\n<li>00:23:20 \u2013 Samsung\u2019s current-gen rivals<\/li>\n<li>00:35:32 \u2013 Where VR excels<\/li>\n<li>00:48:03 \u2013 Smart glasses<\/li>\n<li>01:06:48 \u2013 Laser Dance<\/li>\n<li>01:11:16 \u2013 Wrap-up<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Hosts<\/p>\n<p>Listen to more 9to5 Podcasts<\/p>\n<p>Feedback?<\/p>\n<p>Drop us a line at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/9to5google.com\/2025\/11\/03\/the-sideload-011-virtual-reality-bites\/mailto:gtips@9to5g.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">gtips@9to5g.com<\/a>, leave a comment on the post, or reach out to our\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/9to5google.com\/2025\/11\/03\/the-sideload-011-virtual-reality-bites\/mailto:will@9to5mac.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">producer<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/9to5google.com\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"google-preferred-source-badge-dark\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/google-preferred-source-badge-dark.png\" alt=\"Add 9to5Google as a preferred source on Google\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"google-preferred-source-badge-light\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/google-preferred-source-badge-light.png\" alt=\"Add 9to5Google as a preferred source on Google\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"disclaimer-affiliate\">FTC: We use income earning auto affiliate links. <a href=\"https:\/\/9to5mac.com\/about\/#affiliate\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">More.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/43RjEnY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-692991\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1761003504_49_imazing-banner.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"140\"\/><\/a>\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Welcome to The Sideload episode 11, a\u00a09to5Google\u00a0podcast. 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