From Mark Gurman latest Newsletter:<p>"The most interesting job listing is one that specifically calls out the development of a 3D mixed-reality world, suggesting that Apple is working on a virtual environment that is similar to the metaverse—though don’t expect Apple to embrace that term. Its marketing chief said at a recent event that metaverse is “a word I’ll never use.”
That listing describes working with other developers to “build tools and frameworks to enable connected experiences in a 3D mixed-reality world.”
“You will work closely with Apple’s UI framework, human interface designers and system capabilities teams—pushing you to think outside-the-box, and solve incredibly challenging and interesting problems in the 3D application space,” it reads."<p><a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2022-11-13/apple-reality-pro-headset-plans-3d-mixed-reality-world-games-video-service-lafgxl1e" rel="nofollow">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2022-11-13/apple-...</a>
The “metaverse” is probably just figmaization (presence of other users) on webpages. The innovation needed is a profile owned by the user, embedded in the browser that works universally (like a browser based wallet maybe).