![]() ![]() I predicted a year and a half ago that Apple would use Memojis - Apple’s cartoonish representation of users, currently used for iMessage and other platforms - as avatars for virtual meetings. With Apple’s Reality glasses, you’ll be able to see the world around you, but only on screens through video.Īpple is also reportedly working on a more advanced product - more like regular glasses - that will superimpose AR virtual objects onto your natural field of view. The iPhone does AR by capturing real-time video through the camera, then superimposing virtual objects onto that video. Company statements, product launches, patents, and acquisitions all indicate Apple is obsessed with AR, and somewhat indifferent to VR.Īpple’s first headset will do AR like an iPhone does, but through stereoscopic goggles. While the hardware will support VR, Apple will emphasize AR applications. Good reporting, a smattering of leaks and a pinch of speculation suggest that Apple will ship (possibly next year, probably in 2024) a headset that can be used for both AR and virtual reality (VR). I think this is a pretty good guess, and so for the remainder of this column I’ll refer to Apple’s forthcoming AR platform as “Apple Reality.” Getting a grip on Reality That would be both a reference to augmented, virtual and mixed “reality,” and also to late Apple founder Steve Jobs’ famous “reality distortion field.” To wit:Īpple iPhone: iphoneOS (now shortened to iOS)Īll clues lead to my belief that Apple’s mixed reality platform will be called Apple Reality. The GitHub repository also alludes to a realityOS simulator, presumably for developers.Īpple uses “Reality” in the trademarked branding for two AR developer tools named “RealityKit” and “Reality Composer.”Īnd Apple usually names its operating systems after the associated hardware platforms. Apple is apparently working on an operating system called “realityOS,” which Apple sometimes abbreviates as “rOS.” We know this because references to "realityOS" and "rOS" have been discovered in pre-release iOS 13 builds, a GitHub repository, and even in App Store upload logs. ![]()
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