Apple is building a metaverse-like mixed-reality world and 3D video service for its VR headset: Gurman - iMore

Apple's each acceptable to participate an wholly caller merchandise class adjacent year. From what we've heard implicit the past fewer months, Apple volition foray into virtual world with its extended world headset (and the bundle and improvement infrastructure astir it), successful 2023. We cognize that the institution is looking astatine utilizing the Reality branding for its extended world products, and present we person immoderate much details astir the headset.

Mark Gurman, noted Apple writer with a large way record, is saying that Apple mightiness beryllium looking astatine bringing a 3D video work and a metaverse-like extended world situation to the upcoming Apple VR headset.

In his latest Power On newsletter, Gurman reiterated a fewer details astir the upcoming Apple extended world headset.  He says that it volition beryllium a high-end merchandise that volition outgo betwixt $2,000 and $3,000. The precocious outgo volition travel from the almighty hardware helium says Apple volition beryllium putting wrong this headset, including the Mac-level M2 chip, much than 10 cameras, and the highest-resolution displays successful the user VR market.

Apple is moving connected the bundle acquisition portion of the headset arsenic well. Gurman talked astir immoderate Apple occupation postings which hint astatine what the institution is readying to develop. Gurman wrote, "The institution is searching for a bundle shaper with acquisition successful ocular effects and crippled plus pipelines who tin make integer contented for augmented- and virtual-reality environments."

Gurman says Apple wants to physique a video work with 3D contented for the headset. Additionally, the institution seems to beryllium looking for idiosyncratic to assistance the improvement of a 3D mixed-reality world. It looks similar Apple whitethorn beryllium looking to physique a metaverse-like world, but better.

The listing says that the prosecute volition enactment with different developers to "build tools and frameworks to alteration connected experiences successful a 3D mixed-reality world." It further says, "You volition enactment intimately with Apple’s UI framework, quality interface designers and strategy capabilities teams—pushing you to deliberation outside-the-box, and lick incredibly challenging and absorbing problems successful the 3D exertion space.”

Apple seems to person a distaste for Meta's mentation of this concept, truthful we tin expect its mentation to beryllium drastically different. Apple CEO Tim Cook besides precocious said successful an interview that helium doesn't deliberation an mean idiosyncratic would cognize what the metaverse is, which should archer you what to expect if Apple takes a ace astatine the idea. Although, if you privation to acquisition it, beryllium prepared to ammunition retired much wealth than you would adjacent bash for Apple's best iPhones and best iPads.