What to expect from WWDC 2023 on June 5 through June 9

Apple has confirmed the 2023 Worldwide Developer Conference will start on June 5 with a mixed in-person and online developer event.

Apple's annual Worldwide Developer Conference, or WWDC, is usually held the first week of June. It has been announced for June 5 to June 9, but little other detail has been offered. Apple's senior vice president of Worldwide Marketing, Greg "Joz" Joswiak, has given one hint about what the event will focus on, in a tweet punning on Swift, the name of Apple's programming language.

Hoping the week of June 5 comes around Swiftly! #WWDC23 pic.twitter.com/dXzVD9fCnJ
— Greg Joswiak (@gregjoz) March 29, 2023

Developers will be invited via a lottery system for an in-person portion of the event. However, Apple will continue its recently-started tradition of offering heavily produced online sessions as well.

The conference will begin Monday, June 5 with a pre-recorded keynote and State of the Union videos. After, developers and students attending in-person will be provided access to the Developer Center.

Apple will also hold its annual Swift Student Challenge, encouraging students to make a Swift Playgrounds app project on the topic of their choice. Winners receive a free one-year Apple Developer Program membership and WWDC merch.

We're expecting the usual slew of Apple Software updates including iOS 17, iPadOS 17, tvOS 17, watchOS 10, and macOS 14. Apple could also surprise everyone with the Apple VR Headset announcement that has been rumored for the event.

9 Comments

mikethemartian 1485 comments · 18 Years

About 1 year ago

That graphic reminds me of the rainbow stage they have on campus.

reviloa 15 comments · 12 Years

Excited! This is the glass pattern from a VR lens : )

reviloa said:

Excited! This is the glass pattern from a VR lens : )

Some people on MacRumors thought it looked like the pattern of a Fresnel lens but when I was watching the Snazzy Labs video about the headset I think he said that they would more likely use pancake lenses instead of Fresnel lenses.

mikethemartian said:

reviloa said:

Excited! This is the glass pattern from a VR lens : )

Some people on MacRumors thought it looked like the pattern of a Fresnel lens but when I was watching the Snazzy Labs video about the headset I think he said that they would more likely use pancake lenses instead of Fresnel lenses.

Possibly people are more familiar with the fresnel lens pattern seen in current VR headsets giving a hint of the pending announcement vs giving away any design clues used in the Apple headset.

Marvin 15335 comments · 18 Years

mikethemartian said:

reviloa said:

Excited! This is the glass pattern from a VR lens : )

Some people on MacRumors thought it looked like the pattern of a Fresnel lens but when I was watching the Snazzy Labs video about the headset I think he said that they would more likely use pancake lenses instead of Fresnel lenses.

Yeah it looks like the pancake lens setup:

https://www.3m.com/3M/en_US/optical-solutions-us/applications/displays/ar-vr/