All Revealed at Apple’s WWDC 2022

Apple’s annual Worldwide Developers Conference was held at the company’s Cupertino, California headquarters June 6-10 and brought forward many appetizing software and app reveals. Defying the expectations of many news outlets who predicted a major AR/VR tease or unveiling, the AR/VR arena was barely addressed. Unfortunately for those with an ear to the ground regarding its long-awaited AR/VR device, its first real foray into that realm of tech, there was scant information about either augmented reality or virtual reality to be found.

Hitting the Road

About the closest Apple came to a genuine AR/VR announcement at WWDC22 was the revelation that CarPlay, the operating system behind Apple’s forthcoming (at some point) autonomous vehicle, would see an upgrade to iOS 16 in late 2022.

Apple’s latest iteration of CarPlay is paving the way toward full work/lifestyle integration and bodes well for Apple’s AR/VR ambitions. [Image: Apple]

CarPlay aims to integrate productivity tools into a high-functioning operating system for the vehicle but will be headed to cars made by a variety of auto-makers before Apple’s smart car reaches the market. And while it must be said that CarPlay seems far from what many expected Apple to announce in the field of AR/VR, it does point to the prioritization of integrated systems capable of handling monumental tasks.

Porn Now, Pay Layer

With some journalists now saying they don’t expect Apple to unveil its AR/VR device for a few years yet, we users can only hope that development is nonetheless in full swing and aiming at Apple’s usual high degree of style, usability, marketable cool, and revolutionary hardware. As the iPhone was to your old Nokia 3210, Apple’s AR/VR device could be to Oculus Quest. For avid VR porn users eagerly awaiting the wave of truly ground-breaking AR porn content that’s yet to arrive, Apple’s patience and dedication are undoubtedly a benefit.

One of the more curious revelations at WWDC 2022 was of Apple Pay Later, a structured payment platform that will allow users to make purchases of higher-end products and pay them off in steady increments. With the expected retail price of Apple’s eventual AR/VR device predicted to easily eclipse $1000, this could be a crafty way of ensuring it remains more-or-less accessible to everyday consumers who might be required to only lay down a few hundred dollars before taking the unit home and doing what comes naturally.