This is a huge point. Even if you write the perfect kernel, the reality is that XR hardware is tied up in vendor drivers and NDAs. Without access to those, you end up reinventing the easy part while still locked out of the hard parts. Curious if the team has a strategy for this, or if the kernel is mainly a sandbox for now.

We totally agree with you and accordingly, we've thought things through! We do have appropriate strategies to handle challenges but once again, they're quite challenging! We would've loved to mention how exactly we plan to deal with closed sourced vendors but since that is a plan still in action, we'd love to disclose them at a later point once they're actually executed.

We've scheduled a prototype launch later this year. We would make much more progress till then and the public would get proven answers from our side once that happens!