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Apple’s AR/VR headset system “realityOS” code exposed

Even if the Apple AR/VR headset hardware device has not yet been released, a number of developers have recently found a large number of references and descriptions of “realityOS” from the Apple development source code on Github and the App Store upload log, which seems to verify that Apple is working on it. Develop Apple AR/VR virtual reality device system.

Apple's AR/VR headset system

It is currently known that Apple is developing two Apple AR/VR virtual reality devices, namely the Apple VR wearable helmet and the augmented reality Apple AR glasses. In addition to the hardware, developer Steve Troughton-Smith found from the code that Apple It seems that a new virtual visual head-mounted system “realityOS” will be created, and corresponding simulators will be prepared at the same time, so that developers can create related apps and test whether they can work normally through the simulator.

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Steve Troughton-Smith initially suspected that “realityOS” might be a request record from a fake account, but he finally found out that the “realityOS” quoted by dyld was real, after all, Apple would not keep unreal code, In addition, a realityOS SDK is referenced in the configuration file, which also means that Apple’s next new system will be “realityOS”.

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Along with another developer @IAmMatthewDavis also from Apple releases source codefind the “realityOS” reference code.

Apple’s virtual reality system realityOS is not the first time to appear. As early as 2017, Mark Gurman of Bloomberg revealed that Apple was building an AR/VR operating system. The initial internal code name was “Oak”, and then the system was referred to as “rOS” as an abbreviation. So far, “realityOS” may be the final official name, and the naming rules are also in line with Apple’s commonly used “OS” rules.

According to Bloomberg’s previous claims, Apple hopes to create an exclusive AR/VR system and App Store store, initially focusing on games, streaming audio and video media and video conferencing.

In terms of hardware, Apple’s first virtual vision head-mounted device still needs to rely on an iPhone or Mac computer to be used in the initial stage. It is equipped with a high-performance low-power processor similar to the M1, built-in LiDAR sensor and 4K VR display screen, and the hardware belongs to High specification display accessories.

A report from DSCC analyst Ross Young, a panel industry research institute, pointed out that Apple plans to launch the first Apple virtual headset in the fourth quarter of 2022, but Bloomberg learned from internal sources that Apple virtual devices are facing technical problems or overheating. The problem needs to be solved, the time may be delayed until 2023, and the advanced Apple AR glasses will not be publicly unveiled until a few years later.

The market estimates that the Apple AR/VR glasses are expected to be priced at US$3,000 (approximately NT$83,000), and the initial customer base is mainly for developers and technology enthusiasts.

At present, the Metaverse is in the embryonic stage of development. The market expects that after Apple launches AR augmented reality and VR virtual mirror devices, it will accelerate AR/VR to replace mobile phones as mainstream devices in the future.

source:twitter,github,macrumors

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