By Luc Olinga The iPhone maker could have a big surprise at its annual conference for developers on June 6. Is Apple (AAPL) – Get Apple Inc. Report ready to take the big leap into the metaverse? This alternative or virtual world in which we will interact with technological tools and augmented reality has become the new battleground for tech giants such as Microsoft (MSFT) – Get Microsoft Corporation Report, Google (Alphabet) (GOOGL) – Get Alphabet Inc. Class A Report and Facebook (Meta) (FB) – Get Meta Platforms Inc. Class A Report, each of which is developing devices to mix the real world and…