Apple's WWDC 2022 Event Page Features Animated AR Trading Cards

[MacRumors]

The 33rd annual Worldwide Developers Conference is set to begin with a keynote next Monday, and the event is now featured on Apple's dedicated Events website. As with many Apple events, if you visit the page on an iPhone or iPad, you can see an interactive augmented reality easter egg.

For WWDC 2022, Apple has created a package of trading cards that you can view in augmented reality. Once placed on a surface using the AR interface, you can tap the pack of cards to open it up and see an array of colorful Memoji faces.

Tapping on one of the available cards flips it around so you can see the Memoji character in more detail, and if you swipe it, you can go back to the cards to view the other options. Each time you open the card pack, you will get three separate cards, and there are at least nine card options. This is one of the more detailed interactive AR experiences that Apple has designed for one of its events, as many have only featured creative Apple logos.

To see the AR easter egg, open up the Events website and tap on the Memojis. From there, you can scan the area around you to see the card pack in action, or you can view it in "Object" mode to get a clearer picture of what it looks like without having to navigate your physical environment.

WWDC 2022 will kick off at 10:00 a.m. Pacific Time on Monday, June 6. In addition to being streamed on YouTube, the event can be watched through the events webpage and in the Apple TV app. If you're unable to watch, you can tune in to the MacRumors live blog on the site or follow along with our MacRumorsLive Twitter account.

The event will see the introduction of new software, including iOS 16, iPadOS 16, watchOS 9, macOS 13, and tvOS 16, plus there is a possibility that we could see new hardware like the MacBook Air.

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[jav6454]

Trading cards? Symbolism or sneak peak or simple Easter egg.

 

[lucasrant]

There's different code snipets on the back of each card. they're hard to see though.
EDIT: i think these ones are hammer, coffee cup and party popper emojis

 

[Naraxus]

Trading cards? Symbolism or sneak peak or simple Easter egg.

Kind of cool tbh. I'm an old fart and would love to have physical cards to go along with the virtual ones.

I wonder if vr/ar will play a strong role at WWDC regardless if Apple debutes their Glasses

 

[joshuamj]

Limited Edition, Shiny, Tim Cookizard

 

[AngerDanger]

There's different code snipets on the back of each card. they're hard to see though.
EDIT: i think these ones are hammer, coffee cup and party popper emojis

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fwiw

 

[diego.caraballo]

Awwwwwww...the AR...what a bright future is waiting for us 😂
The culprit is Steven Spielberg for making the movie Ready Player One.
When the CEO's of our beloved tech companies listened that the creator
of Oasis has made half a trillion dollars, they went nuts. Didn't care that was
just a movie. That's how the modern AR/VR race started.

 

[psxp]

Had to use safari to get this to work

 

[nvmls]

Had to use safari to get this to work

And even then it worked? oh wow.. chinese devs finally polished it? ?

 

[Attirex]

Thought for a second they were NFTs and almost barfed all over my mechanical keyboard.

 

[topdrawer]

fwiw

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why do they all have angelina jolie lips?

 

[Nabby]

fwiw

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Definitely not the same 3 I have on my device.

Maybe its just me, but sure don't see the hype about the AR stuff at this point. Trying to view them was one of the most frustrating electronic experiences I've had in the Apple world, and I live with the 2 Apple ID situation!

 

[Count Blah]

GREAT!!!

Now the talks of Apple acquiring EA, make sense - Unfortunately.

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/s

 

[Unggoy Murderer]

Awwwwwww...the AR...what a bright future is waiting for us ?
The culprit is Steven Spielberg for making the movie Ready Player One.
When the CEO's of our beloved tech companies listened that the creator
of Oasis has made half a trillion dollars, they went nuts. Didn't care that was
just a movie. That's how the modern AR/VR race started.

I'm pretty sure that most CEOs will not be planning their business operational directions based on a sci-fi movie based on a book.

 

[HobeSoundDarryl]

So $3K to be able to trade Apple-mon cards. It all makes sense now.

Be a cool kid. Buy them all. Trade them all.

Trying to view them was one of the most frustrating electronic experiences I've had in the Apple world, and I live with the 2 Apple ID situation!

This shows Apple listening, silly. For the about 6 years since the goggles/glasses rumors began, the good old "problem in search of a solution" line has been slung in countless threads about this topic. Apple has now made you- and presumably many of us- very clearly bump into the monumental problem you have identified. For "only $3K," THE solution approacheth.

 

[Iconoclysm]

Awwwwwww...the AR...what a bright future is waiting for us ?
The culprit is Steven Spielberg for making the movie Ready Player One.
When the CEO's of our beloved tech companies listened that the creator
of Oasis has made half a trillion dollars, they went nuts. Didn't care that was
just a movie. That's how the modern AR/VR race started.

This race started WAY before 2018.

 

[Iconoclysm]

So $3K to be able to trade Apple-mon cards. It all makes sense now.

Be a cool kid. Buy them all. Trade them all.



This shows Apple listening, silly. For the about 6 years since the goggles/glasses rumors began, the good old "problem in search of a solution" line has been slung in countless threads about this topic. Apple has now made you- and presumably many of us- very clearly bump into the monumental problem you have identified. For "only $3K," THE solution approacheth.

I'm really not sure even Apple could make AR glasses that I'd like after all this time...but we'll see.

 

[Cameront9]

Awwwwwww...the AR...what a bright future is waiting for us ?
The culprit is Steven Spielberg for making the movie Ready Player One.
When the CEO's of our beloved tech companies listened that the creator
of Oasis has made half a trillion dollars, they went nuts. Didn't care that was
just a movie. That's how the modern AR/VR race started.

....What?

AR was already ramping up well before Ready Player One. WAY before that.

 

[Jdizzle188]

Complete your Apple Leadership Team collection today.

God I'd be wanting the shiny Hair Force One card ??

 

[trip1ex]

well i did it and didn't see the big deal. Nintendo did this on the 3ds in 2011 with Face Raiders.

 

[reallynotnick]

sorry hard to get good pictures of these:

 

[Unregistered 4U]

THIS is the news I’ve been waiting for. I save off all the little AR toys

 

[Xenobius]

No reflections, no shadows. Objects hang over the surfaces on which they should stand. What is this? The mid-2000s?

 

[now i see it]

poor AR

 

[nwcs]

I remember when the AR apps started coming out and I was excited. Used them 3 times it seems. A novelty for me.