Is “realityOS” Apple’s newest operating system?
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Apple's long-rumored virtual or augmented reality headset might not launch until 2023, but developers have spotted additional mentions of a new realityOS" that could power it. First referenced as rOS" in 2017 by Bloomberg News, realityOS was also spotted as part of some pre-release iOS 13 builds. 9to5Mac reports that developers have now found references to realityOS in GitHub repos and in App Store upload logs.
What is Apple's realityOS doing in the App Store upload logs?" asks iOS developer Rens Verhoeven. Fellow developer Steve Troughton-Smith says a GitHub repo referencing realityOS confirms it has its own OS & binaries... and has a realityOS simulator." He also speculates this could simply be a remnant of somebody's pull request...