WWDC 203 is just around the corner, and Apple seems to be making strategic moves for one of the big announcements to be made at the aforementioned developer conference. The company, as discovered by the Twitter user, Parker Ortolanihas registered the trademark ‘xrOS‘ at the New Zealand Intellectual Property Office; the fact that it could be the name of the operating system for your augmented reality glasses.
Registration with the Intellectual Property Office reveals a logo with a font identical to the one Apple uses for the rest of its operating systemssuch as iOS, watchOS, tvOS, macOS, or iPadOS; something that confirms that it could be the name of the operating system for those also known as Apple Glass.
This new information coincides with an earlier report by Mark Gurman of Bloomberg, who revealed at the end of 2022 that Apple planned to name the operating system of its augmented reality glasses xrOS. “xr” means “extended reality”, or extended reality, Since the glasses will have both virtual reality and augmented reality functions. “OS”, of course, stands for Operating System.
Apple has also come to consider other names for the Apple Glass operating system, although these have only been used for internal development. One of them is “realityOS”, making a clear reference to virtual and augmented reality, as well as “rOS”, with practically the same meaning.
This will be xrOS, the operating system for Apple Glass
In addition to the name, we know some details about xrOS, which will be the operating system for Apple Glass. It would be based on iOS, and will have functions for entertainment and the work environment. It is also expected that xrOS will have its own App Store to download exclusive applications for augmented reality glasses.
Apple Glass, we reiterate, will be announced during WWDC 2023, which will start next Monday, June 5. At the conference, we’ll also see the announcement of iOS 17, iPadOS 17, and new versions for the operating systems of Apple Watch, Apple TV, HomePod, Mac, and more.
As for hardware, and in addition to the possible announcement of Apple Glass, the company could also announce new MacBook Air. Among them, a 15-inch model with an M3 chip.