Samsung’s Galaxy XR headset is not so much its own augmented reality experience but a promise of a better, lighter device. The first headset to feature Android XR —Google’s adventure into “extended reality” devices—is transformative in ways that don’t make sense until we start to analyze the reality and possible future of “facial computing.” The Galaxy XR is relatively compact and lightweight—but its only competition is bulky and unwieldy. Future versions of the Galaxy XR headset must become as small as a pair of glasses and as seamless as your regular phone. And Samsung already knows this. James Choi, the executive VP in charge of Samsung’s XR R&D team, told Gizmodo over email that the entire design of the Galaxy XR “establishes a scalable ecosystem where core technologies and immersive AI experiences carry across headsets, glasses, and future formats.” Samsung has been working on its first pair of smart glasses that we may see in the coming months .…