Last Week in AVP #67: Apple Releases New Spatial Video Ad for Mother’s Day, Apple Vision Pro Immersive Video Library Management Utility Arrives, visionOS 2.5 Release Candidate Is Out and more!
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Apple's 'Gift for Mom' uses Spatial Video to film a child's first year (source)
Don’t miss the actual spatial content in the Spatial Gallery app!
Apple has released a new video for the Apple Vision Pro Spatial Video feature, in an ad spot to celebrate Mother's Day.
Introduced to the official Apple YouTube channel on Thursday, the video "A Gift for Mom" follows the reception of a video gift between a couple. The video, edited by a man called Sam and played to partner Khulan, covers the first year of the life of their newborn son.
The videos can then be watched on an Apple Vision Pro headset, complete with the depth effect.
What An Apple Vision Pro Developer Learned Hiking 70 Miles Outdoors In Headset (source)
Contacting me initially via Bluesky, and asking to be identified by his first name Sean, the developer lists themselves as Industrial Volumetrics on the Apple App Store. In headset, the dev showed me inside the file system on his Mac where I watched intriguing videos, including one showing a virtual fishing pole near the physical ocean, another with a wrist-based virtual compass, and a time lapse of a hike up a mountain wearing the Vision Pro.
Apple Vision Pro immersive video library management utility arrives for Mac (source)
Apple has just released a new utility for Mac users to help manage their immersive video libraries with direct connectivity to Apple Vision Pro.
the Apple Immersive Video Utility app continues Apple's efforts to support its large-format immersive spatial video efforts. According to the app description, users can import and manage their immersive video files, create playlists, sort, organize, search, and share them as well.
Half the Size & Half the Price is What Vision Pro Needs to Take Off (source)
Apple has set the bar for UX on a standalone headset. As soon as the company can get the same experience into a smaller and cheaper package, it’s going to become significantly more appealing to a wider range of people.
Apple has billed Vision Pro as “tomorrow’s technology, today.” And frankly, that feels pretty accurate if we’re talking about the headset’s core user experience, which is far beyond other products on the market. Vision Pro is simple and intuitive to use. It might not do as much as a headset like Quest, but what it does do, it does extremely well. But it’s still undeniably big, bulky, and expensive… my recommendation is that it’s not worth buying for most people.
WHAT THE CAR? by Triband will be available on the Vision Pro on June 5 through Apple Arcade (source)
visionOS 2.5 Release Candidate is out for developers (source)
visionOS 2.5 Release Candidate is out for developers!
"This release includes improvements and bug fixes, including a new Vision tab in the Apple TV app to easily discover and watch Apple Immersive Video and 3D movies available on Apple Vision Pro."
Build an Apple Vision Pro app to control Philips Hue lights Part 4 tutorial
Vision Pro 16K Immersive Video Update– Wake Up in the Beach Lounge (source)
Vision Pro 16K Immersive Video Update– Wake Up in the Beach Lounge ☀️🏖️
Start your day with a calm ocean view from Key Largo, Florida, as you relax on a beach lounge by the shore.
#VisionPro #16KImmersive #KeyLargo
Future Magic Mouse could detect gestures in the air like Apple Vision Pro (source)
When Apple introduced its Magic Mouse back in 2009, it featured multi-touch gestures. Since then it's been redesigned, and there have been rumors of a further redesign.
Those rumors, though, have concentrated on the recurring issue that the USB-C charging port is on the bottom. There hadn't been any idea that Apple has been looking at anything else, certainly not at adding more gestures to it.
But a newly-granted patent called "Electronic devices with extended input-output capabilities," that is exactly what Apple has been doing. Only, alongside taps and swipes, the whole idea is literally about gestures alongside the mouse.
I watched an immersive 8K movie on the Apple Vision Pro, now I’m completely hooked (source)
When I slipped on the Apple Vision Pro for the first time, I was sitting in the middle of a cafe with immersive filmmaker Charlotte Mikkelborg. But within seconds, I was no longer in a cafe; I was transported to the Arctic.
The landscape stretched out before me, the wind howled around my ears, and I was blinking away snowflakes that seemed to blow into my eyes. That’s when I realized that immersive storytelling isn’t just a cool tech demo any more – it’s the next frontier in how we experience entertainment.
I was shown Adventure, and the experience was unlike anything I’ve previously encountered. The Apple Vision Pro’s 180° field of view and stunning 8K visuals (yes, that’s 8K in each eye!) make you feel like you’re inside the action.
Apple Vision Pro in the style of an iPod silhouette poster (source)
Spatial Room Layout app launches for Apple Vision Pro (source)
We're excited to launch the beta version of Spatial Room Layout for Apple Vision Pro! ✨
Instantly transform your home into a virtual showroom — visualize furniture in your actual space with AR, scale it freely, and rotate it in 360° to find the perfect fit. 🛋️📐
🔹 Intuitive hand-tracking controls
🔹 Developed for visionOS using SwiftUI
🔹 Ideal for furniture brands, interior designers, and construction professionals
Experience the Future of AR Shopping on Apple Vision Pro (source)
Experience the Future of AR Shopping on Apple Vision Pro
We’re excited to announce the beta release of our next-gen AR app, ubiquitous_spatial shop!
Explore lifelike 3D products floating in your space, powered by ultra-precise 3D scans via @KIRI_Engine_App. Rotate them freely in 360° and inspect every detail up close. When you're ready to buy, jump straight to the product page on Base via Safari — no extra steps needed
Now, GrandScore is available on Apple Vision Pro (source)
3D widget from Seasons app for Apple Vision Pro (source)
The 3D widget from Seasons app for AppleVisionPro is amazing. The plant, cloud and sun look so real. I am living inside the forecast! #AppleVisionPro#Apple
Apple reveals a new Face Sensor System for a future Vision Pro headset to ensure maximum fit on a user’s face (source)
Some Apple Vision Pro users have experienced discomfort when wearing the device for extended periods, including eye strain, headaches, and neck pain. These issues can arise from the device's weight and fit, as well as the intensity of the visual display. Once the discomfort issues were aired out, Apple’s engineers went into high gear to find ways to remedy them so as to improve Vision Pro 2 (or whatever they call their next HMD). While there have been many patents on this subject matter to date, here are just a few of them: 01, 02, 03 and 04.
Yesterday the U.S. Patent Office published a patent application of Apple's that relates to another aspect of making future HMD’s more comfortable and more importantly, aligning properly on a user’s head to ensure that the eye tracking system can be accurate at all times.
We just launched the VisionOS Professionals Survey 2025!
Hey Vision Pro community 👋
Almost two years after the Vision Pro announcement, it feels like the right time to take a step back and get a better sense of where the visionOS ecosystem stands — what’s working, what’s challenging, and where things are headed.
We’re a group of independent visionOS experts, and our goal is simple: collect honest feedback from developers and designers, and share those insights with the whole community before WWDC25.
Mind-blowing Vision Pro 3D Animated Spatial Story: Step into a Dream of Future Warfare (source)
Mind-blowing Vision Pro 3D Animated Spatial Story: Step into a Dream of Future Warfare
Featured Story: Dream Immersive Experience Creator: user323a What if your dream could become reality? The creator turned a futuristic nightmare into an immersive spatial story using Story on Vision Pro. In this dream, there are no soldiers, no tanks—only invisible wars fought in the digital realm. Lines of code have become the deadliest weapons, bringing down systems, collapsing infrastructure, and tearing nations apart in silence.
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