The Apple logo is displayed at an event at their headquarters in Cupertino, California, U.S. September 10, 2019. REUTERS/Stephen Lam
Apple’s long-rumored VR/AR hardware hasn’t been around yet, but the systems it will run on seem to be beginning to emerge.according to MacRumors According to reports, many developers on the Internet have found the words “realityOS” everywhere. It’s in the Apple source code on GitHub, and in the upload entry on the App Store, so it’s quite possible that this is the naming used for Apple’s VR/AR system. According to the inference of well-known developer Steve Troughton-Smith, this at least proves that “realityOS” has its own system and binary files, and that Apple has prepared a corresponding simulator for it.
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In fact, as early as 2017BloombergMark Gurman mentioned the existence of the so-called “rOS”. It is said that it was codenamed “Oak” in Apple at that time, and the naming method ending with “OS” is also in line with Apple’s usual rules.As for the corresponding hardware, the latestgossipThe publication time referred to has been extended from the previous 2022 to 2023. Apple seems to have problems such as overheating of the device that need to be solved. According to Ming-Chi Kuo, this new product can provideSimilar to M1 MacThe performance of the device does not need to be connected. Since it is so, it seems reasonable to spend more time on the heat dissipation design.
However, Steve Troughton-Smith also pointed out that the word “realityOS” may just come from “the remnants of a pull request made by someone from a fake account.” But if it’s true, it’s a sign that developers are already touching or about to touch Apple’s VR/AR system.