Apple is working on a mixed-reality headset, but what should you expect from it? We have all the news, rumors, features, and more to keep you informed.
In recent months, rumors about Apple working on a top-secret headset project have reached a fever pitch. But at the same time, the chatter has become increasingly convoluted — Apple is reportedly planning to use mixed reality rather than solely augmented reality or VR, but how exactly will that work? What will the device look like? And what features will it have?
There are still hopes that an announcement could be on the horizon. A report from analysts at Morgan Stanley in mid-November 2021 pointed out that the Apple headset is mirroring the pattern taken by the Apple Watch shortly before its own reveal in 2014. Like the Watch, the headset has seen a notable increase in patents in recent months, including those for its hardware, input methods, and user interface.
The first one — and the one you are most likely to see when reading up on the headset — is Apple Glass. This was mooted by leaker Jon Prosser in a YouTube video from mid-2020 after he claimed to have seen a prototype of the device. However, this name was shot down by reporter Mark Gurman, who expressed his doubt that Apple would name a product after the flop that was the Google Glass. Fair point.
Light as a feather What about the actual body of the device? This is an interesting one, as it could be a real differentiator — and advantage — for Apple. A report from Kuo in March 2021 claimed the entire headset could weigh as little as 150 grams , which is about half the weight of many rival devices. The $1,000 Valve Index VR headset would weigh more than five times what Apple’s headset weighs if Kuo is correct.
Apple is said to be gunning for high-quality visuals in other ways, with Kuo alleging that the headset might come with iris recognition based on the tech his sources tell him is in the device . Iris recognition could be used to authenticate you for Apple Pay, says Kuo, or to unlock your accounts, enabling you to perform these tasks without having to take off the headset to enter a password on your iPhone.
There is another possibility raised by Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo: That the headset will actually be powered by two chips, not just one. One would be made on a 4-nanometer process and another on a 5-nanometer process, and Kuo says the former would offer the main computing power, while the latter would manage the device’s sensors.
For one thing, a name has been thrown around for some time. As we mentioned at the start of this article, Mark Gurman has commented it could be called “rOS,” with the “r” being short for “reality.” Since then, a number of tweets have surfaced apparently revealing the name “realityOS” in Apple’s code. Given Apple’s propensity to use full words in its OS naming schemes — think WatchOS, iPadOS, and MacOS — realityOS could be a good bet for the final name of the system.Whoops!https://t.
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