Apple Updates Its Vision Pro OS With PlayStation VR Controllers, Better Personas And More
Apple's Vision Pro headset was introduced two years ago, but this year's WWDC conference has news on new VisionOS features coming later this year. Besides new design updates (and a new name: VisionOS 26), here's what to expect.
VisionOS is getting widgets that float, like a clock, weather, and photos. There's a new Widgets app in VisionOS. There's a new memory for app placement in space, too.
Spatial Scenes, a new way to generate 3D in photos, is coming to VisionOS 26: it's an update to the auto-converting 3D images tool that was there before. These allow movement back and forth to make scenes feel more 3D. Finally, it's like the original Vision Pro ads.
Apple's uncanny 3D personas are getting upgrades to look more realistic and the quick demo Apple gave looked impressive. New collaborative same-room tools are coming too, for same-room AR interaction, or games, or…movie watching.
There are also some spatial controller support, much like what other headsets like Meta already have. Logitech Muse, a stylus, is getting Vision support for 3D stylus work, and PlayStation VR 2 controllers are going to work with Vision Pro games.
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