- Many macOS apps are now also available on visionOS
- The Vision Pro is also open to third-party developers
- Accessibility and soundAudio spatialare also there with the helmet
During the presentation of the Vision Pro on Monday, Apple hinted at several flagship apps that will be available at launch. These are mainly native and proprietary solutions, already well known to iOS and macOS users. But not only that, since third-party publishers have also been invited to create their own apps for the headset.
Several of them were announced at the Worldwide Developer Conference, although their number remains very small to date. The good news is that a development kit for the Vision Pro is probably already available.in preparation, so that the visionOS App Store is well stocked during its public launch. You will have to wait until 2024 to test it in final version.
This list is of course not exhaustive, but we will update it regularly based on the latest releases.
Apple apps available on visionOS
- Safari (web browser)
- Apple TV (including the streaming catalog of films and TV+ series, accessible from 6.99 euros per month)
- Mail (inbox)
- Messages
- Apple Music
- FaceTime(video calls, with creation of 3D avatars to represent you during calls)
- Notes
- Mindfulness (guided meditation):
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- Settings
- Freeform
- Photos
- App Store
- Keynote (compatible SharePlay avec FaceTime)
- Siri
- Final Cut Pro
- Numbers
Apple also offers the integration of several tools dedicated to accessibility, such as pointer control withWaiting. With this,Optic IDreplaces Touch ID or Face ID by identifying you using your iris for online payments.
Third-party apps expected at the launch of Vision Pro
- Sky Guide (star mapping in VR, in the form of a planetarium)
- NBA 2K23 Arcade Edition(basketball game, available via Apple Arcade and compatible with the Sony DualSense controller)
- Disney+
- Adobe Lightroom
- WebEx
- Microsoft Word
- Microsoft Teams
- Microsoft Excel
- Zoom
- Candy Crush Saga
- Rec Room
- Complete HeartX (3-dimensional organ visualization for medical students)
- Jigspace (to review 3D modeled concepts between designers)
- Internships (from the publisher PTC)
- Djay (virtual vinyl turntables)
Developers will also be able to publish games coded with the rendering engineUnity, on the visionOS App Store.
Some more features
The Vision Pro also incorporates the functionalityEyeSight, which makes the screen transparent so that your gaze is visible to those around you when needed. These are also visible when they approach, thanks to the transition to augmented reality if you are already immersed in VR.
With this headset, it is also possible to display a three-dimensional file superimposed on your environment using augmented reality:
Vision Pro brings 3D objects to life. You can pull a 3D object out of an app and look at it from every angle, as if it’s right in front of you.#WWDC23 pic.twitter.com/BnkxIvJClb
— Emil Indricău (@emilindricau)June 6, 2023
In addition, we know that the Vision Pro allows you toconnect to the Mac and all its apps remotely, as with TeamViewer. However, it will only be possible, with this tool, to generate a single virtual 4K screen, of the size of your choice. But since visionOS apps can be opened in parallel, this shouldn't be a problem. Please note that as Bluetooth is included, you can control the Vision Pro interface with your usual Magic Keyboard and Magic Trackpad.
Finally, note that the Vision Pro also allows you to generate “spatial videos”, recorded with its cameras to be reviewed at 360 degrees later, in immersion thanks to a depth generated in three dimensions. A sort of memory bank, quite strange, it must be said, even with the soundAudio spatialpart for even more realism.
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