Apple developing software to help users build apps for upcoming headset - The Information - Reuters.com

Jan 27 (Reuters) - Apple Inc (AAPL.O) is processing bundle to assistance users of its upcoming mixed-reality (MR) headset physique their ain augmented world apps, the Information reported connected Friday, citing 4 radical who worked connected the headset.

According to a Bloomberg News report, the institution was successful talks with astir fractional a twelve media partners including Walt Disney Co (DIS.N) to make virtual world contented for its MR headset.

The iPhone shaper did not instantly respond to a Reuters petition for comment.

Mixed world is 1 of 3 types of extended world technologies often associated with the metaverse. An MR headset could let the wearer to usage a real-world entity to trigger a virtual-world reaction.

The iPhone maker's MR headset is acceptable to motorboat successful this year's outpouring lawsuit and volition outgo astir $3,000, according to a abstracted Bloomberg News report.

That would beryllium doubly arsenic overmuch arsenic Meta Platforms Inc's (META.O) Quest Pro virtual and mixed world headset, which was launched precocious past twelvemonth for $1,500.

Reporting by Tiyashi Datta successful Bengaluru; Editing by Devika Syamnath

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