Forget Meta Quest, Apple wants to make its own 'metaverse' a reality - Macworld

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Even if you haven’t donned a Meta Quest headset and person experienced Mark Zuckerberg’s virtual world, it whitethorn not beryllium excessively agelong earlier you tin effort retired Apple’s ain “metaverse.”

According to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, Apple’s enactment connected its virtual reality/augmented world (VR/AR) headset continues to determination forward, and the institution has posted occupation listings that connection a peek into what’s successful store with its VR/AR project. In 1 listing, Apple is looking for idiosyncratic to assistance physique a 3D mixed world satellite and Gurman concludes that this could beryllium a motion that Apple is “working connected a virtual situation that is akin to the metaverse,” though Apple apt won’t telephone it that.

While Apple’s headset has often been called a mixed-reality device, anterior reports person mostly been astir its AR functionality–how the things viewed successful mundane beingness tin beryllium augmented with integer aspects, specified arsenic representation directions. This is the archetypal important study that Apple is besides moving connected a virtual satellite wherever radical tin interact.

Another occupation listing hints astatine Apple’s intentions to make a video work for the headset that would diagnostic “3D contented that tin beryllium played successful virtual reality.” Two years ago, Apple acquired NextVR, which developed exertion for producing and broadcasting VR events, and this on with the caller occupation provides further penetration into Apple’s intentions with the headset.

Apple hopes its headset tin besides beryllium a productivity tool. Gurman reports that Apple’s Yaniv Gur has switched from heading the iWork engineering squad to moving connected the headset. Gurman thinks this determination is truthful that Gur tin make productivity apps for the headset. Gurman besides reports that Dave Scott, erstwhile CEO of Hyperfine, is besides portion of the headset radical and could beryllium moving connected wellness applications.

Apple’s headset could motorboat successful 2023 successful the $2,000 to $3,000 terms range. As previously reported, Apple could usage an M2 processor on with 10 cameras and high-resolution displays. It volition tally its ain operating system, which could beryllium called realityOS, and Apple has filed patents for “Reality One” and “Reality Pro,” which could extremity up being the names for the headset.