This is the operating system that Apple will use for its augmented reality glasses

The company would already have the operating system ready for its metaverse, so they are looking for employees to join the project.

Next year, 2023the followers of Manzana They can expect the launch of a new member of the Apple product ecosystem, something that has not happened since 2015 when the apple watch. The augmented reality viewers of the company technology They could hit the market in the following months and there is already an important detail in this regard: its name.

For several months there has been speculation about it and different names have been reached such as “realityOS“, Y “rOS”. The only thing that was certain is that the operating system for the device will have the suffix “OS” at the end of its name as well as the rest of the software of the products of Manzana.

However, the journalist technology of the American media Bloomberg, Mark Gurman, who reveals several details related to the products of the company, indicated that his sources in Cupertino decided that the system will have a different name that will align with the shape that the company to promote it.

Concept model of Apple's extended reality headset.  (photo: MacWorld Spain)
Concept model of Apple’s extended reality headset. (photo: MacWorld Spain)

Apple seeks to “extend” reality

According to Gurman, the new name for Apple’s viewer software will be “xrOSreferring to the concept of extended realitysince the company intends to differentiate itself from its competitors, who use the terms of virtual reality Y augmented reality. In this way, there will be an additional element that positions Apple as a special brand.

The journalist’s version gains even more strength after a company called Deep Dive LLC indicated that the name was registered “xrOS” in different countries, although this confirmation could also come from Manzana to avoid rumors about his progress with the product.

For the technology journalist, the concept of adding the letters “xr” to the beginning of the name is a way to further highlight the specialness of your product because Manzana usually proposes simpler names for the operating systemswhich is why the initial option of “rOS” seemed the most appropriate at one time.

The company would already have the operating system ready for its “metaverse”

In the case of the name of the deviceno particular one has yet been reached, although some have been considered as reality one either Reality Pro, although the concept of “extended reality” could also be present in the hardware in some form. Gurman indicates that the viewer of Manzana would hit the market in the first half of the 2023so there is still time for more information about the device, its functions and features.

According to Bloomberg, which reported the work he does Manzana with its extended reality headsets, the company came to register some names as reality one, Reality Pro Y Reality Processor not only in the United States, but also in other countries such as the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Saudi Arabia, Costa Rica, Uruguay and other members of the European Union. While this is still not a confirmation on the real name, it does give a preview of what it might be, though there’s also the possibility that it’s none of them.

Regulators have yet to approve exclusive rights to Manzana to use any of those names, so that could all change by the time Apple finally announces its sunglasses. virtual reality sometime next year along with its price and the exact date users would be able to access the product at authorized Apple product stores and resellers.

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