Perhaps the Metaverse is not lifeless in any case.
Apple is normally on the forefront of expertise however has but to publily dabble into the world of blended actuality and the metaverse, regardless of different main tech gamers, similar to Meta, having already created their very own variations of VR headsets.
Nonetheless, rumors have circulated for months that one thing is within the works at Apple concerning the risk (or quite, the inevitability) of what its debut foray into the metaverse will appear like.
Now, that query is perhaps answered. In line with trademark patents, it seems Apple has registered for its first mixed-reality working system, which will likely be known as xrOS.
The trademark was first observed by a Twitter person who supplied screenshots of the submitting made with the New Zealand Mental Property Workplace.
holy shit! Apple trademarked (through a shell corp) an “xrOS” phrase mark in SF Professional in New Zealand simply final week pic.twitter.com/Ow274yyuBU
— Parker Ortolani (@ParkerOrtolani) Could 16, 2023
“holy sh*t! Apple trademarked (through a shell corp) an “xrOS” phrase mark in SF Professional in New Zealand simply final week,” he wrote.
Within the screenshot, the picture seems to comply with the identical format as Apple’s iOS working system — from the font to the capitalized “OS” lettering on the finish.
Bloomberg initially reported in December that Apple was trademarking xrOS, citing “folks with information of the matter” and famous that the working system would work with each digital and augmented realities. On the time, an Apple spokesperson based mostly in HQ in Cupertino, California, declined to touch upon the rumor.
Palmer Luckey, who co-founded Meta’s VR set Oculus, alleged that he tried out Apple’s VR set and known as it “so good,” although neither Apple nor Meta confirmed the testing.
The Apple headset is so good.
— Palmer Luckey (@PalmerLuckey) Could 14, 2023
Apple’s famend annual Worldwide Developer Convention is slated to start on June 5 and run by way of June 9, the place xrOS is predicted to be introduced.