Apple's AV/VR headset will reportedly feature unique eye, hand tracking - ZDNet

When Apple's highly-anticipated AR/VR headset hits the market, it volition present immoderate unsocial plan elements and capabilities that volition acceptable it isolated from rival offerings, according to a elaborate report from Bloomberg. 

Unlike different headsets that travel with manus controllers, Bloomberg reports that the instrumentality -- expected to beryllium called Apple Reality Pro -- volition let users to manipulate their AR and VR environments utilizing conscionable their hands and eyes. The caller headset's outer cameras volition way a user's hands, portion sensors successful the instrumentality volition way the user's eyes. This volition let the idiosyncratic to power the instrumentality with their regard oregon by pinching their thumb and scale digit together. 

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"The eye- and hand-tracking capabilities volition beryllium a large selling constituent for the device," Bloomberg's unnamed sources said. 

Meanwhile, the instrumentality volition "attempt to make a 3D mentation of the iPhone's operating system," according to the report, bringing a acquainted interface to Apple customers. That means you could spot a headset that features a VR mentation of apps similar the Safari web browser, the Apple App Store and Apple TV positive -- each displayed successful a grid of icons.

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In a determination that demands important processing power, Apple reportedly plans to connection realistic VR avatars for users during FaceTime calls. By contrast, Meta -- the existent person successful the VR headset market -- offers much cartoonish avatars during virtual meetings. Bloomberg says the FaceTime avatars volition amusement a user's look and afloat body. However, the headset volition lone beryllium capable to enactment realistic avatars for 2 users astatine a time, each with an Apple headset -- immoderate different users joining a telephone would person to usage icons oregon Memojis. 

Given the processing powerfulness needed for the caller device, Apple has reportedly opted to offload the artillery from the headset itself. Bloomberg says it volition beryllium successful an outer battalion that goes successful the user's pock and connects via cable.