Apple’s headset will reportedly run “xrOS”
Rumors of Apple’s mixed-reality expertise and VR headset have been floating round for years, however issues are lastly coming into focus. In Might, the firm demonstrated a model of the headset to its board of administrators. And now we’re listening to Apple has a brand new identify for the software program because it inches nearer to a launch date.
In line with Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, the inner identify of “realityOS” we reported on in August is altering internally to “xrOS,” which stands for prolonged actuality. With a heavy mixture of digital and augmented actuality experiences, to not point out digital variations of all of Apple’s hottest apps, “prolonged actuality” is sensible.
Moreover, Gurman reviews that a shell company named Deep Dive LLC has filed a trademark for the model “xrOS,” suggesting a launch date is on the horizon as Apple readies its Metaverse competitor.
Whereas we nonetheless don’t a lot a lot about Apple’s VR headset or what it’ll be referred to as, earlier reviews recommend a high-end machine that would value anyplace from $2,000 to upwards of $3,000. And whereas that sounds costly, the Meta Quest Professional is out there at an eye-watering $1,500, so nothing would shock me.
So, does this imply Apple is making ready to launch its first AV/VR headset? We’re unsure. Initially of the 12 months, Bloomberg stated Apple delayed the launch till 2023 as a consequence of “challenges associated to content material and overheating,” together with digicam points.
With 2023 quick approaching, we may very well be on the verge of getting a style of Apple’s imaginative and prescient for AR and VR.
by way of Engadget
