Last Week in AVP #36: Worldwide visionOS Developer Event in Cupertino, New Apple Support Videos, Apple Vision Pro 2 Rumors, Explore POV 6 Month Milestone, and more!
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Apple kicks off blitz of worldwide visionOS developer events (source)
Developers attending the Cupertino event on October 2, 2024. Credit: Todd Heberlein
Apple has kicked off a series of developer events centered around helping devs build visionOS apps and content for the Apple Vision Pro, including labs and a four-week workshop.
The series kicked off with a small-scale event focused on Apple Vision Pro and creating software and content for visionOS. The "Envision the Future: Build Great Apps for visionOS" event was held at the Apple Developer Center in Cupertino on October 2, 2024.
Developers around the world gather at developer event in Cupertino (source)
Apple rallied visionOS developers from all over the world to imagine the next generation of spatial computing software.
~170 visionOS developers; all over the world at this exclusive event at Apple Developer Center in Cupertino… One of the best I’ve been in a while ! Principles of spatial design, live coding for visionOS, & superb demos. Just wow. #visionOS (source)
Visited the Apple Developer Center today for the Vision Pro event with @PBHDK! Really amazing features in visionOS 2 and the object tracking demo was awesome 🌎 🔥 Looking forward to sharing details on the @StanfordBDHG @StanfordSpezi Surgery project soon (source)
New Apple Support Video - How to customize Home View (source)
New Apple Support Video - Get to know settings on Apple Vision Pro (source)
New leak claims Apple Vision Pro 2 is headed into mass production, contrary to recent reports (source)
The new M5-powered Vision Pro is expected to enter mass production in 2H25. The main selling point will be the integration of Apple Intelligence with spatial computing. The major hardware change will be the processor upgrade to the M5 (currently M2) to significantly improve computing power and ensure the best Apple Intelligence user experience. Other hardware specs and designs won’t change much, which should help lower costs and price points.
Apple Vision OS on Unreal Engine 5.6 is amazing! (source)
More Subside footage and setup instructions (source)
Now my Apple Vision Pro is completely my main headset for all my activities! ALVR + Joy Con controller. My graphics card is an RTX 3080 and I'm very happy that it worked perfectly. The game Subside is available on Steam and has a demo version.
Apple Vision Pro Geospatial content placement demo (source)
Apple Vision Pro Geospatial content placement demo.
Objects placed on the Cesium Google 3D map tiles are saved to a database that can be reloaded in #AR on location as Geospatial API Anchors
The room color shifts when watching movie in AVP (source)
Apple’s subtlety is unmatched. The room color shifts with the movie, and light reflects perfectly off the sand in Bora Bora.
Inside Out 2 was great in theaters, but it’s even better in 3D on the Vision Pro.
Ask HN: Is anyone working at least 4 hours daily on an Apple Vision Pro? (source)
It's been 8 months since the initial reviews, so I would love to know if anyone has managed to really become productive and comfortable working hours a day on the Apple Vision Pro.
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karlgkk - Yes, I do. It’s an amazing monitor and combination iPad. It’s very different than what is easy to describe - partially because it defies convention in so many ways - but I use it with my Mac and then will have mail and chat and music floating on the sides.
Btw I said iPad. Apple says it’s a computer. Falls short in some key ways, but not unfixable
It is heavy but I don’t mind it. I can see how that might be a deal breaker.
Btw I honestly think that if apple wants to market this thing as a computer, they need to include a keyboard and trackpad. It adds so much to the utility factor that it’s basically indispensable for me. That it works well without one is testament to apples amazing engineering, but they really should be packing those in imho
These things are going to be killer productivity devices if
- price down. obviously.
- lower weight, better battery
- combo keyboard and mouse accessory offered that fits into a carrying case
- able to host Mac apps, or a Mac vm, or something similar. Let me run vs code, IntelliJ, and a terminal with a local container with my build tools. Or blender. Or photoshop. Etc etc etc
Btw protip, tea tastes fine through a metal straw.
Unofficial YouTube app for the Vision Pro got taken down (source)
Juno, the third-party YouTube app created for the Apple Vision Pro, has been removed from the App Store. In a post on Tuesday, developer Christian Selig said the app was taken down months after Google warned that it violates YouTube’s guidelines.
Why Meta's Orion Prototype Doesn't Render Headsets Like Apple Vision Pro Obsolete (source)
"Steve Jobs would have made Orion instead of Vision Pro".
"Zuckerberg should forget Quest and focus on Orion."
"Orion shows just how much of a mistake Vision Pro was."
Hot takes of this kind have been endless since Mark Zuckerberg revealed Meta's prototype AR glasses, with some even spouted by so-called "analysts". Meta just showed AR that looks like glasses, they argue, so surely Apple was mistaken to make a big bulky headset.
But those takes are completely misguided, and I'll explain why.
Step Into Vision as a resource for visionOS developers (source)
I made Step Into Vision as a resource for visionOS developers. But I also made it for myself. I don't even that that much content on the site yet, and I'm already referring to it several times per week.
