Apple’s augmented reality (AR) / virtual reality (VR) / mixed reality (MR) headset is finally expected to be revealed on Monday, June 5th at 10am PDT / 1pm EDT after years in development. This is a huge moment for not only the company, but the European extended reality (XR) sector as a whole. Designer Marcus Kane’s conception Apple’s mixed reality headset (via Yanko Design) Callum Booth for TNW: With its VR/AR headset, the Cupertino giant is on the brink of jumping into an entirely new industry, one that could either reinforce or destroy its reputation as a sector definer. And for European XR companies? Apple’s hardware has the potential to do miraculous things… “The magnitude of the opportunity is enormous,…

Macworld It’s not long now until Apple should be revealing the latest iteration of iPadOS to the world. Here’s all we know so far about potential release dates, new features and which models will be able to run the software. It’s everything you need to know about iPadOS 17. iPadOS 17 release date: When will iPadOS 17 come out? There’s no official date from Apple as yet, but it does have a pretty reliable history of releasing software versions around the same time each year, as you can see from the dates below. iPadOS 16: October 24, 2022iPadOS 15: September 20, 2021iPadOS 14: September 16, 2020iPadOS 13: September 24, 2019 With the exception of the last version, which was thought…

Macworld Each year Apple releases a major update for iOS, the operating system on your iPhone. The current version, released last year, is iOS 16, and it doesn’t take a genius to predict that 2023 will see the launch of iOS 17. This free software update will bring a raft of interface tweaks, bug fixes, and new features. It’s like getting a new iPhone without paying a penny. In this article, we discuss everything you need to know about iOS 17. We cover its release schedule and when you can expect the beta and final versions to come out; how to get it when it does; the models of iPhone that are likely to be able to run iOS; and…

The iPhone 16 Pro models will feature a taller aspect ratio of 19.6:9, a change that will trickle down to the standard iPhone 17 models the following year, new forecasts from display analyst Ross Young claim. The iPhone 14 lineup has an aspect ratio of 19.5:9, a specification that is expected to remain the same across this year's iPhone 15 lineup. The change with the ‌iPhone 16‌ Pro models means that the device should get slightly taller, rather than wider. While the ‌iPhone 16‌ Pro models have been widely rumored to feature larger screens for some time, the aspect ratio of the devices was unclear until now. Young also provided exact display sizes for the ‌iPhone 16‌ Pro and ‌iPhone…

Foxconn’s Zhengzhou plant – colloquially known as iPhone City – appears to be struggling to recruit and retain enough staff. The company is reported to have raised iPhone worker bonuses three times in one month as it preps for mass-production of the iPhone 15. In particular, Foxconn is offering substantial incentives for remaining on the production line for at least three months, to see it through the busiest period, and avoid a repetition of last year’s major disruption … more… The post iPhone worker bonuses raised three times in one month, as Foxconn preps for iPhone 15 appeared first on 9to5Mac.

Macworld Say, did you hear the rumor about iOS 17 from, oh, perhaps five minutes ago? Your news feed probably has a recent report about what’s coming soon for the iPhone –if not from five minutes ago, then maybe from the past few hours, or at the most, a day or two. Reading about iOS 17 is nice and all, but as a Mac editor, what I look for in my news feed are juicy macOS rumors, something that tells us what we could see in the next version, macOS 14. And if my news feed could produce special effects based on its contents, it’d play chirping crickets. Our macOS 14 news hub has nothing. Okay, not exactly nothing, but…