...Bloomberg claims the name of the operating system has changed from the previously leaked "realityOS" to "xrOS." XR stands for extended reality—sometimes also called mixed reality—a commonly used catch-all term for both virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR), as well as experiences that combine aspects of both. ...
Not much is known about xrOS, other than that it will include XR versions of many well-known Apple apps like FaceTime, News, Notes, Maps, and Messages. Apple is also working on some form of a mixed-reality world, perhaps akin in some respects (though certainly not in all respects) to Meta's Horizon Worlds and the widely hyped metaverse concept popular with many startups and venture capitalists.
As for the hardware, it is believed to have several sensors both inside and out and a very high-resolution screen compared to most competing devices. ...
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