Apple has reportedly renamed the software program that runs its upcoming augmented actuality and digital actuality headset forward of the product’s potential launch subsequent 12 months.
Whereas the working system had been internally named “realityOS,” it is now been switched to “xrOS,” Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman reported Thursday. That would replicate the headset’s concentrate on prolonged actuality (“XR”), which encompasses each AR and VR.
Embracing “xrOS” would even be a departure from what appeared like a broad naming conference, as logos had popped up with product-sounding names like Actuality One, Actuality Professional and Actuality Processor. The brand new Bloomberg report notes {that a} new shell company referred to as Deep Dive has filed logos for “xrOS” in a number of nations and is within the technique of securing the identify within the US. Each instances may very well be true: the working system might have been renamed, however the Actuality model might proceed because the headset sequence identify.
Whereas a earlier Bloomberg report advised inner disagreement inside Apple on whether or not to develop separate AR and VR headsets, the brand new xrOS identify suits more moderen rumors {that a} mixed-reality headset is on its approach. Whichever the case, Apple’s first headset may very well be expensive: a rumor final 12 months advised the corporate’s first VR headset could be “far dearer” than different VR merchandise that are available beneath $900 — although it is unclear if it could be extra exorbitantly priced that the $1,500 Meta Quest Professional.
Apple did not instantly reply to a request for remark.
