visionos compatibility
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To ensure compatibility with visionOS, you can start by running your iOS or iPadOS app as a compatible app on visionOS. This allows the app to run in a window alongside other apps in the shared space. For example, you can play a game while using Safari or sending messages to friends. This approach provides a uniform experience across all platforms out of the box (Bring your iOS or iPadOS game to visionOS).
If you want to convert your app to a native visionOS app, you can start by using the visionOS SDK. This involves adding Apple Vision as a supported destination in the build settings of your app. While you might encounter some compilation errors, most of the code should compile if the app was originally made for iOS (Bring your iOS or iPadOS game to visionOS).
For enterprise use cases, visionOS 1.1 supports device management similar to iPhone and iPad, using familiar device management and infrastructure. This includes support for both device enrollment and user enrollment (What’s new in device management).
To learn more about designing great visionOS apps, you can explore strategies for building spatial solutions and ensuring interactions are comfortable and delightful (Design great visionOS apps).
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Bring your iOS or iPadOS game to visionOS
Discover how to transform your iOS or iPadOS game into a uniquely visionOS experience. Increase the immersion (and fun factor!) with a 3D frame or an immersive background. And invite players further into your world by adding depth to the window with stereoscopy or head tracking.
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.
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.
Platforms State of the Union
Discover the newest advancements on Apple platforms.
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.
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.
Platforms State of the Union 5-Minute Recap
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