Apple's exclusive system for AR/VR devices is here! or named realityOS

Recently, some developers found that there are many references to the word "realityOS" in the upload log of the App Store and the open source code of GitHub. The comment section of the code describes allowing iOS executables to use the realityOS library, which may imply two operations. Some form of interactivity between systems. Elsewhere, the code mentions "realityOS_simulator", implying that the OS will be integrated into the simulator portion of Apple's Xcode.

In terms of system naming, reality means reality and reality, which is in line with the system naming of devices such as VR (Virtual Reality), MR (Mixed Reality) and AR (Augmented Reality).

From the appearance of the code and the word realityOS, it can be speculated that it is probably the operating system of Apple AR/VR devices. Just as iPhone/iPad runs iOS/iPadOS, Mac runs macOS, and Apple Watch runs watchOS, realityOS belongs to the new AR device. Software Ecology​.

As early as 2017, Bloomberg reported that Apple was developing a new system. The development code was called rOS at the time, and it was only recently that we confirmed the full name of the new system for the first time.

According to information from a number of foreign media, the software development of Apple's AR devices has entered the real machine testing stage, and it is expected to officially meet with you at this year's WWDC at the earliest. Due to some development issues, the release date may have been pushed back to late 2022 or early 2023.