According to reports, Apple has exposed the existence of a new platform named “realityOS.”
According to Ars Technica, mentions to realityOS first appeared in App Store upload logs in January; the corporation is also reported to have addressed the platform in code submitted to GitHub earlier this week. Steve Troughton-Smith, an independent developer, shared the following screenshot:
“#if TARGET_FEATURE_REALITYOS”
Well then. This at least confirms it 1) has its own OS & binaries, and 2) has a realityOS Simulator https://t.co/6a25kWshXR pic.twitter.com/RyF5O5gFjg
— Steve Troughton-Smith (@stroughtonsmith) February 9, 2022
For years, rumors about Apple’s plans to enter the virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) businesses have circulated. According to Bloomberg, Apple is planning to deliver a “high-end smartphone” in this category sometime in 2022 or 2023.
It stands to reason that Apple would give its VR or AR headset’s operating system its moniker. This has been true for iPadOS, watchOS, and tvOS, all of which are based on iOS; it’s difficult to believe Apple will change this naming approach for this product.
Companies often test new products that are never published, though, and no assurance making it as far as App Store upload logs or GitHub repositories means realityOS will ever become a, well, you know. (Or that Apple has landed on the moniker “realityOS.”)
