Got a tip for us?
Let us know
Become a MacRumors Supporter for $50/year with no ads, ability to filter front page stories, and private forums.
xrOS: Everything We Know About the Software Designed for Apple's Mixed Reality Headset
- Thread starter MacRumors
- Start date
- Sort by reaction score
We don't know anything, just like we didn't know Apple has been tracking every tap the user makes on the app store and sending personally identifying information with analytics even when opted out. We don't know how Apple will use realityOS to rob our privacy. We don't know anything until Apple announcing it. And then we don't know the truth about what is announced until someone exposes Apple. And we don't know how many of these almost daily revelations it will take until blind defenders finally admit that Apple is a problem.
9to5mac.com
www.macworld.com
Apple keeps track of where you tap while browsing the App Store
Apple has always stood for privacy as a “human right” while the company has never liked the idea of having...
9to5mac.com
Report casts doubt on Apple's claim that iCloud user data is anonymous
Researchers spot ID numbers in user data sent to Apple, in a fresh blow to the company's privacy claims.
www.macworld.com
Last edited:
Although I still think this VR/AR stuff is unbelievably niche, the one thing I see that could make it big is sports. Apple bought that company that let you watch NBA games online from multiple locations and nothing has happened yet. If they get the NFL contract and let you watch the game from multiple locations (including helmet cams like the old xfl), I'd buy a $3k goggle in a second.
Leave it to them to call software “RealityOS” that takes a user completely out of reality.
The mistake everyone is making with the metaverse is trying to control it by designing everything and adding all these silly features. It should be simple like the web. Just create the virtual space/real estate, an address system, and the ability to view it… then let the public build the actual content. It would make sense to have two levels of locations one that corresponds to real places and real ownership… so someone else can’t build something in your house etc… and then have tardis like portals that let you walk through into any kind of dimension/world you want to create… with no limitations on scale and with whatever physics rules you like. Imagine walking through a virtual door into a game… a shopping centre… or a club. Most importantly the fundamental systems behind it all need to be kept as simple and general as possible to allow for the technology to improve over time without breaking what has already been created. Sure this can all work with VR headsets etc, but you should also be able to casually view it on your phone like playing a game, flexiblity and simplicity are key.
Not being terrible and cheesy like that is very important… the Meta stuff worries me because it looks like that and I think Apple will make the same mistake too. Instead it should look much more like the latest game engines… super realistic. Most devices aren’t powerful enough to make this work yet, but in a few more years they will be. I also think hiding things behind virtual doors is a good idea just so we don’t have to see terrible design everywhere we look. Mind you, the real world also has this problem.
TheYayAreaLiving 🎗️
Suspended
Is it weird that I would rather be interested in a 16" iPad then AR/VR? That's a whole lot of screens for our eyes honestly.
realityOS is codenamed "Oak" internally, and references to it have been discovered in App Store logs and Apple source code, confirming the name.
^ that made me chuckle 🤭
^ that made me chuckle 🤭
Agree 100% but you know the faithful are going to buy it simply for the logo even though there's far more capable ones already out there
Hopefully RealityOS will be released to developers with full integration implemented in Unity and Unreal Engine before product launch. 🤔
If that turns out to be the case, I will buy the first gen after the second or third gen comes out.
Maybe someday the refs will wear Insta360 cameras on top of their heads capable of broadcasting live, now that would be cool. Or maybe the cable cam will be a 360 camera...
You do realise that a high end iPhone & iPad are this expensive around the world?? This makes it no more expensive than every other Pro product. Not everyone is in the "I can't afford it boat". 🙄🤦♂️..and not everyone is in the "I live in the US where every consumer electronic product is cheaper boat" either.
To be successful it will have to be a great productivity device.
I imagine something like minority report style, although obviously not that sophisticated (yet).
This is simply because we can already watch videos, have virtual meetings, using Skype and alike, but we really lack the device/input system that will increase our workflow speed.
This headset should exactly do that: propose a new efficient way to interact with our desktops, and finally retire the mouse.
Eyes do a way better job at that and we already have the technology.
Finally, Finder will have to be reimagined from the ground up to support this entirely new interactive system.
I imagine something like minority report style, although obviously not that sophisticated (yet).
This is simply because we can already watch videos, have virtual meetings, using Skype and alike, but we really lack the device/input system that will increase our workflow speed.
This headset should exactly do that: propose a new efficient way to interact with our desktops, and finally retire the mouse.
Eyes do a way better job at that and we already have the technology.
Finally, Finder will have to be reimagined from the ground up to support this entirely new interactive system.
I think that’s where we’re headed, although I wouldn’t see the mouse to stick around, because you can use gestures along with eyes to interact with things.
Have you thought about the potential that this headset would have for a media content creator, if the interface would look something like minority report? If designed correctly, it would make the whole creating process so much faster.
It's AR based not VR. It's not an immersion into a fake world.