Apple could not leave the field of virtual and augmented reality unexplored, at a time when the rest of the industry is already experimenting and making acquisitions of the most promising technologies .
The posting of an advertisement on November 21 on jobs.apple.com for a developer position that will develop the user interface and virtual and augmented reality (VR/AR) applications was the occasion to open a new round of discussions about the adequacy of existing technology.
Apple was granted a patent in September 2013 for a headset similar to the Oculus Rift, although the term virtual reality is not mentioned in the description. Instead, Apple describes its headset as a device for "personal multimedia viewing." The virtual reality debate has been heating up since Google's annual conference in 2014. Developers walked away with a foldable virtual reality headset, the Google Cardboard , and an invitation to develop apps for it.
Facebook Inc. acquired Oculus Rift, Sony announced Project Morpheus. Despite developments in the field, the creators of the Oculus Rift headset recently appealed to Sony not to risk releasing a product with the weight of its brand before basic problems with the system's responsiveness are resolved.
