With 2022 ending on a somewhat smooth note with just one fall event , all center are on 2023 . But new Macs , iPads , and iPhones might not be the star of 2023 . alternatively , a young report card suggests Apple is readying an altogether new ecosystem .
According to Bloomberg , Apple is “ ramping up work on amixed - reality headset ” that is due to finally launch in the new year . Along with the hardware , which has manage to avoid major leaks so far , Apple is working on a fresh dedicated operating scheme call xrOS , as well as an xrOS App Store for third - party software . Like Io and macOS , the Modern name advise the platform is a major component of the headset .
Bloomberg had antecedently reported that Apple ’s operating system was being developed under therealityOS name , but the new xrOS branding suggests Apple has bigger plans for the ecosystem . Bloomberg mention that “ xr ” stands for extended reality , which encompasses both virtual and augmented reality gadget and applications . Like iOS and macOS , xrOS will likely constitute a full platform of equipment with features that complement each other and Apple ’s other devices .
One of the xrOS devices will surely be a headset — or peradventure twoif Apple preserve to distinguish its products into Pro and non - Pro models — but another could be something a little smaller and even more personal . In a patent of invention filing with the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office , Apple has describe a “ Self - Mixing Interferometry - establish Input machine ” or an Apple Ring . As spotted byPatently Apple , Apple describes the system as an “ SMI - base gesture remark system include at least one of a wearable twist or a handheld gimmick . ”
Such a system would obviously make passing well in junction with a headset . Apple also shows the Ring make with an Apple Pencil for AR applications . An Apple Ring would also presumptively have wellness feature that forge independently from a headset as well , similar to theOura Smart Ringthat tracks slumber , readiness , and natural action .
function on Apple ’s sundry - reality “ metaverse ” has been steady ramping up , with rumour pointing to a 2023 launching . The headset will reportedly have a pair of 8 K displays and an M1 processor , and hail with a respectable monetary value tag . But if the rumour of a raw platform and ecosystem are true , the price and the waiting will be deserving the investment .
