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The much awaited Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference 2023 — is the company’s annual developer focused conference and is set to start on June 5, and the firm has announced the schedule details for the upcoming event. The company is expected to reveal it’s new versions of its iOS, iPadOS, macOS, watchOS, and tvOS operating systems at WWDC 2023. To our surprise, this year’s schedule also includes a special activity that comes amid speculation that the company will unveil its first ever mixed reality headset, alongside a new operating system for wearables.
While the Cupertino company earlier confirmed that the keynote event for WWDC 2023 will begin on June 5, developer Paul Hudson spotted a microsoft for a “Special Evening Activity” on the same date, after the company’s Platforms State of the Union and Meet the Teams events and the tours of the company’s offices and the inner meadow at Apple Park in California. Restricting it to a few developers that have already been selected, the company has informed only those who have been selected to attend that it is a high profile which they “won’t want to miss”, according to Hudson. Apple will be conducting another event at the Apple Developer Center on June 6 to “discuss some of the latest announcements,” he adds. Apple’s microsite hasn’t come up yet with details of what to expect from the event, which means that developers and enthusiasts will have to wait until June 5 to see whether any new hardware or software is demonstrated at the event. According to verified reports from Bloomberg and The Wall Street Journal, Apple is at a stage to unveil its first mixed reality headset at WWDC 2023.
Prior reports have put forth the point that Apple’s headset could be priced around $3,000 (roughly Rs. 2.50 lakh) and named “Reality Pro”. Even though the headset is tipped to resemble ski googles and “enclose” the wearer’s eyes, they will actually be able to see their surroundings while wearing the headset, all due to high tech cameras. It is also speculated that it will be powered by an external two hour battery pack worn by the wearer, according to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman. Last December, Bloomberg had come up with the information that Apple had internally changed the name of its dedicated operating system for the mixed reality headset from realityOS to xrOS. Extended reality (XR) technology comprises both augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR), and Apple’s purported device is expected to compete with devices from firms like Meta, which already offers it’s mixed reality experiences with its Quest Pro headset.
