Last Week in AVP #68: Apple Releases visionOS 2.5 With New Vision Tab, Apple Vision Pro Will Soon Have a Zoom feature, Price is Right Contestants Guessing What an Apple Vision Pro Costs and more!
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Apple Releases visionOS 2.5 With Vision Tab for Apple TV App (source)
Apple today released visionOS 2.5, the fifth update to the visionOS 2 operating system that came out in September. visionOS 2.5 comes a little over a month after the launch of visionOS 2.4.
With visionOS 2.5, Apple added a Vision tab to the Apple TV app to make it easier for users to find content created for the Vision Pro.
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.
Apple Vision Pro will soon have a zoom feature for visually impaired users (source)
Apple Vision Pro will soon have a zoom feature for users who are blind or have low vision, allowing them to magnify everything in view. In addition, it will use on-device machine learning to describe surroundings, locate objects, read documents and more.
Price is Right contestants guessing what an Apple Vision Pro costs (source)
Price is Right contestants guessing what an Apple Vision Pro costs. I guess this is a pretty good indicator of what consumers are willing to spend.
Recently, I performed a DJ set using the "djay" app (@Algoriddim) on Apple Vision Pro! 🎧✨
Even though it was my first time experimenting with this setup, the audience absolutely loved the fresh and immersive experience. Coming from a vinyl DJ background, the controls felt surprisingly intuitive and natural.
Using Vision Pro brought an engaging, interactive dimension—audience members waved to see if I could actually spot them, creating spontaneous and fun interactions
WSJ: Some Apple Vision Pro Buyers 'Feel Total Regret' (source)
While I personally have zero regret from my purchase, it’s interesting to see other perspectives.
In the year following the device's launch, user feedback suggests that it has failed to meet expectations for comfort, software support, and social acceptance. In interviews conducted by The Wall Street Journal, early buyers of the Vision Pro reported that the device now sits largely unused due to a range of practical issues. Dustin Fox, a real estate agent in Centreville, Virginia, said:
It's just collecting dust. I think I've probably used it four times in the last year.
It's way too heavy. I can't wear it for more than 20 or 30 minutes without it hurting my neck.
He explained that he was initially drawn to the device's novelty and potential productivity benefits, but found the physical experience of wearing the headset unsustainable for extended sessions. The Vision Pro weighs approximately 600 to 650 grams (1.3 to 1.4 pounds), depending on the light seal and headband configuration. This is considerably heavier than typical head-mounted consumer electronics, and the front-heavy distribution has become a recurring complaint.
Contrary to popular belief, plenty of users do use the AVP daily.
I use my VisionPro daily, and I’m not alone.
News stories trying to grab headlines by saying VisionPro users regret buying one are just clickbait.
The reality is - Apple let everyone who didn’t want one return it for a full refund.
Those of us that still have ours, have it because we love it. And most of us know we’re getting to experience the future early.
I’ve taken over forty flights with my VisionPro, can’t imagine traveling without it.
And I think 10-20 years from now most people will feel the same way.
Brain Computer Interfaces (BCIs) to control visionOS (source)
Apple also announced that the future accessibility update will include a new protocol to allow Brain Computer Interfaces (BCIs) to control iOS, iPadOS, and visionOS devices without any physical movements
Mind-blowing Vision Pro 3D Animated Spatial Story (source)
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.
Visutate Update Journal — A Deeper, Smoother Breath of Nature (source)
Our latest release is all about refining the core Visutate promise: step in, feel lighter, stay longer. Below you’ll find a detailed walkthrough of everything that has changed—each improvement designed to make your time inside Visutate more stable, more personal, and more restorative.
Enchanted Grove — A Forest Reborn
Our most-visited environment now feels like an entirely new place. We traded the early cartoon styling for a more nuanced palette:
Lush Foliage Layers – Triple the leaf density, dynamic wind sway, and soft-body physics that make branches respond when you breathe beneath them.
Texture Refresh – Bark, moss, and forest-floor details have been repainted in 4-K, adding tactile depth without losing performance.
Extended Vistas – Peer through gaps in the canopy and you'll glimpse distant waterfalls and sun-splashed cliffs, giving the Grove a true sense of scale.
Just played the new app Dragon Games: Imagipets on Vision Pro. This little dragon is adorable. You raise it, feed it, and go on mixed reality missions together. Controlling it with hand gestures feels so cool. Available now on the App Store.
Campfire Space creates a calming atmosphere in AVP (source)
Capture objects and spaces with your iPhone and explore them in 3D (source)
Capture objects and spaces with your iPhone and explore them in 3D on Vision Pro. Cutting edge Gaussian Splat technology right in your hands. Now available on the App Store.
Updated the visionOS tuner + metronome app (source)
Just updated the visionOS tuner + metronome app with support for combined or split windows After getting back into sax practice sessions with the Vision Pro, I realized that managing two windows was kind of a pain
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