Trademark filings noticed by Bloomberg counsel Apple may incorporate “Actuality” within the title and branding of its long-rumored combined actuality headset. Three separate filings present logos for “Actuality One,” “Actuality Professional,” and “Actuality Processor,” matching the realityOS title that cropped up in Apple’s code and a trademark utility that probably refers back to the headset’s working system.

The purposes weren’t filed by Apple itself, however by an organization known as Immersive Well being Options, LLC. Corporations like Apple typically use the names of shell corporations when submitting for a patent or trademark to assist hold their plans non-public. However, as Bloomberg factors out, the Delaware-based Immersive Well being Options was registered by Company Belief Co. — one other shell firm that additionally appeared on the realityOS trademark.

Along with the US, purposes had been additionally filed within the EU, UK, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Saudi Arabia, Costa Rica, and Uruguay. All three filings point out “digital and augmented actuality headsets, goggles, glasses, and smartglasses.” It’s attainable that the “Actuality One” trademark refers back to the title of the headset itself, whereas “Actuality Professional” signifies a spec-boosted model that Apple has deliberate down the street, in keeping with the identical “Professional” moniker Apple applies to its higher-end gadgets. In the meantime, the title “Actuality Processor” could allude to the headset’s processing unit, which is rumored to be an M2 chip.

The purposes surfaced just a bit over every week earlier than Apple’s “Far Out” occasion, but it surely’s unlikely that the combined actuality headset will make an look. The headset is rumored to permit for each augmented actuality (AR) and digital actuality (VR) experiences and video games, together with VR variations of Apple Maps and FaceTime, and probably even experiences primarily based on Hollywood films. Apple’s board of administrators reportedly received to check out the headset again in Might, however Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo predicts it gained’t hit the market till January 2023.