How do I get started with Apple Vision Pro?
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To get started with Apple Vision Pro, you can follow these steps:
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Connecting Apple Vision Pro to Your Mac:
- Ensure your Mac and Apple Vision Pro are on the same network.
- Enable Web Inspector on your Apple Vision Pro. On a physical device, find it under
Apps > Safari > Advanced > Web Inspector. - Open your Apple Vision Pro to remote devices via
Settings > General > Remote Devices. - In Safari on your Mac, go to the Develop menu and connect to your Apple Vision Pro. Your Vision Pro will generate a six-digit number that you'll need to enter on your Mac. This is a one-time setup.
For more details, you can refer to the session Optimize for the spatial web.
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Developing Apps for VisionOS:
- You can start by recompiling your existing iOS and iPadOS apps to run on VisionOS. This can help you quickly get a spatial UI layout.
- Utilize Apple's Human Interface Guidelines and design resources like Figma and Sketch kits to expedite your prototyping.
For more insights, check out the session Design great visionOS apps.
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Designing Interactive Experiences:
- Learn about setting the stage for your experience, using interactions to draw the audience into your story, and designing experiences for everyone.
You can find more information in the session Design interactive experiences for visionOS.
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Inspecting and Debugging Web Content:
- Use Web Inspector on your Mac to inspect DOM content, CSS rules, and JavaScript console for VisionOS.
For a detailed guide, refer to the session Optimize for the spatial web.
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Exploring HealthKit in VisionOS:
- VisionOS supports immersive health experiences and guest user features, which allow others to try out Apple Vision Pro while preserving the owner's data and privacy.
For more details, see the session Get started with HealthKit in visionOS.
Relevant Sessions:
- Platforms State of the Union
- Optimize for the spatial web
- Design interactive experiences for visionOS
- Design great visionOS apps
- Get started with HealthKit in visionOS
These sessions will provide you with a comprehensive understanding and the necessary tools to get started with Apple Vision Pro.
Platforms State of the Union
Discover the newest advancements on Apple platforms.
Design interactive experiences for visionOS
Learn how you can design a compelling interactive narrative experience for Apple Vision Pro from the designers of Encounter Dinosaurs. Discover how these types of experiences differ from existing apps, media, and games, and explore how to design narratives that bring audiences into new worlds. Find out how you can create stories that adapt to any space and size, provide multiple levels of interaction to make them accessible to all, and use animation, spatial audio, and custom gestures to further immerse people in your experience.
Design great visionOS apps
Find out how to create compelling spatial computing apps by embracing immersion, designing for eyes and hands, and taking advantage of depth, scale, and space. We’ll share several examples of great visionOS apps and explore how their designers approached creating new experiences for the platform.
Optimize for the spatial web
Discover how to make the most of visionOS capabilities on the web. Explore recent updates like improvements to selection highlighting, and the ability to present spatial photos and panorama images in fullscreen. Learn to take advantage of existing web standards for dictation and text-to-speech with WebSpeech, spatial soundscapes with WebAudio, and immersive experiences with WebXR.
Enhance the immersion of media viewing in custom environments
Extend your media viewing experience using Reality Composer Pro components like Docking Region, Reverb, and Virtual Environment Probe. Find out how to further enhance immersion using Reflections, Tint Surroundings Effect, SharePlay, and the Immersive Environment Picker.
Optimize your 3D assets for spatial computing
Dive into an end-to-end workflow for optimized 3D asset creation. Discover best practices for optimizing meshes, materials, and textures in your digital content creation tool. Learn how to harness shader graph, baking, and material instances to enhance your 3D scene while optimizing performance. Take advantage of native tools to work more effectively with your assets and improve your app’s performance.
Get started with HealthKit in visionOS
Discover how to use HealthKit to create experiences that take full advantage of the spatial canvas. Learn the capabilities of HealthKit on the platform, find out how to bring an existing iPadOS app to visionOS, and explore the special considerations governing HealthKit during a Guest User session. You’ll also learn ways to use SwiftUI, Swift Charts, and Swift concurrency to craft innovative experiences with HealthKit.
What’s new in device management
Learn about the latest management capabilities for iOS, iPadOS, macOS, and visionOS, then discover the latest changes to Apple Business Manager and Apple School Manager. We’ll also share updates to Activation Lock, SoftwareUpdate, and Safari management.