How Google’s augmented-reality dream turned into chaos

• Google’s AR glasses were beset by a messy strategy, company insiders say.
• Now it’s building a software platform for AR glasses that it’s pitching to other companies.
• A Samsung headset project, code-named Moohan, has created headaches internally.

When Apple launched its long-awaited Vision Pro headset in June, people watched excitedly as CEO Tim Cook unveiled what he called a “revolutionary” new product. Inside Google, a group of employees felt a different emotion: frustration.