The XR Sports Alliance has come of age—welcoming a roster of new members that almost cancels out Faultline’s initial criticisms-come-advice of the industry initiative, exactly one year after launch. Co-founded in June 2024 by video experience developer Accedo, silicon giant Qualcomm, and HBS, a sports broadcaster turned consultancy, the XR Sports Alliance is celebrating the signatures of Google, Red Bull, French Soccer League (LFP), Premier Lacross League (PLL), FISE, Lenovo, Stats Perform, and T-Mobile US. Google of course is the headline act, as the largest member of the XR Sports Alliance and proprietor of Android XR. With the alliance’s founding members already deeply embedded in the Android ecosystem—Accedo on the Android TV side and Qualcomm on mobile—it was…