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It seems like you're asking about the purpose of the content presented at Apple's WWDC. The WWDC (Worldwide Developers Conference) is an annual event where Apple showcases its latest software and technologies to developers. The sessions cover a wide range of topics, including new APIs, tools, and features across Apple's platforms like iOS, macOS, watchOS, and visionOS. Developers attend these sessions to learn how to integrate new features into their apps, improve app performance, and enhance user experiences.
For example, sessions like "Xcode essentials" provide insights into optimizing development workflows, debugging, and testing within Xcode. "What’s new in DockKit" introduces new features for intelligent tracking and accessory controls. "Introducing enterprise APIs for visionOS" discusses new APIs for enhancing enterprise applications with visionOS.
If you have a specific question about a session or topic from WWDC, feel free to ask!
What’s new in privacy
At Apple, we believe privacy is a fundamental human right. Learn about new and improved permission flows and other features that manage data in a privacy-preserving way, so that you can focus on creating great app experiences.
Xcode essentials
Edit, debug, commit, repeat. Explore the suite of tools in Xcode that help you iterate quickly when developing apps. Discover tips and tricks to help optimize and boost your development workflow.
Squeeze the most out of Apple Pencil
New in iOS 18, iPadOS 18, and visionOS 2, the PencilKit tool picker gains the ability to have completely custom tools, with custom attributes. Learn how to express your custom drawing experience in the tool picker using the same great tool picking experience available across the system. Discover how to access the new features of the Apple Pencil Pro, including roll angle, the squeeze gesture, and haptic feedback.
Meet AccessorySetupKit
Elevate your accessory setup experience with AccessorySetupKit. Display a beautiful pairing dialog with an image of your Bluetooth or Wi-Fi accessory — no trip to the Settings app required. Discover how to improve privacy by pairing only your app with an accessory. And learn how you can migrate existing accessories so they can be managed by AccessorySetupKit.
Discover media performance metrics in AVFoundation
Discover how you can monitor, analyze, and improve user experience with the new media performance APIs. Explore how to monitor AVPlayer performance for HLS assets using different AVMetricEvents, and learn how to use these metrics to understand and triage player performance issues.
Enhance ad experiences with HLS interstitials
Explore how HLS Interstitials can help you seamlessly insert advertisements into your HLS content. We’ll also show you how to use integrated timeline to tune your UI experience and build SharePlay for interstitials.
What’s new in DockKit
Discover how intelligent tracking in DockKit allows for smoother transitions between subjects. We will cover what intelligent tracking is, how it uses an ML model to select and track subjects, and how you can use it in your app.
Explore object tracking for visionOS
Find out how you can use object tracking to turn real-world objects into virtual anchors in your visionOS app. Learn how you can build spatial experiences with object tracking from start to finish. Find out how to create a reference object using machine learning in Create ML and attach content relative to your target object in Reality Composer Pro, RealityKit or ARKit APIs.
Introducing enterprise APIs for visionOS
Find out how you can use new enterprise APIs for visionOS to create spatial experiences that enhance employee and customer productivity on Apple Vision Pro.
Extend your app’s controls across the system
Bring your app’s controls to Control Center, the Lock Screen, and beyond. Learn how you can use WidgetKit to extend your app’s controls to the system experience. We’ll cover how you can to build a control, tailor its appearance, and make it configurable.