wats new in vision
Asked on 01/30/2025
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At WWDC 2024, Apple introduced several enhancements to the Vision framework, particularly focusing on Swift integration. Here are the key updates:
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New Swift API: The Vision framework now includes a new API with streamlined syntax designed for Swift, making it easier to integrate computer vision capabilities into apps. This includes full support for Swift concurrency and Swift 6, allowing developers to write more performant applications.
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Async/Await Syntax: The new API replaces completion handlers with async/await syntax, simplifying the process of handling asynchronous operations.
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Enhanced Capabilities: Vision can detect faces, recognize text in 18 languages, track body poses, and even track hand poses for new interaction methods. These capabilities are now more accessible with the new Swift API.
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Updating Existing Apps: Developers can update their existing Vision applications by adopting new request and observation types, which involve removing the "VN" prefix from Vision type names.
For more detailed information, you can refer to the session Discover Swift enhancements in the Vision framework (01:09).
Discover Swift enhancements in the Vision framework
The Vision Framework API has been redesigned to leverage modern Swift features like concurrency, making it easier and faster to integrate a wide array of Vision algorithms into your app. We’ll tour the updated API and share sample code, along with best practices, to help you get the benefits of this framework with less coding effort. We’ll also demonstrate two new features: image aesthetics and holistic body pose.
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