Some information: https://www.ul.com/sites/g/files/qbfpbp251/files/2021-08/mDL...
I've never tried it, but there's an implementation here: https://github.com/walt-id/waltid-identity/tree/main/waltid-...
From: https://walt.id
I don't think Apple did anything magical here, and from what I can tell there's no lock in. You could load your ID to any number of places for this verification, it's not just locked to Apple.