What’s new in Vision?
Asked on 04/02/2025
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In the session titled "Discover Swift enhancements in the Vision framework" at WWDC 2024, several new features and improvements were introduced for the Vision framework:
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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 API supports Swift concurrency and Swift 6, allowing developers to write more performant applications.
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Enhanced Capabilities: The Vision framework can detect faces, recognize text in 18 different languages, track body poses and trajectories, and even track hand poses, enabling new ways of interacting with Apple devices without touching the screen.
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Updating Existing Apps: Developers can update existing Vision applications to use the new API by adopting new request and observation types, removing the completion handler for requests, and using async/await syntax.
For more detailed information, you can refer to the session Discover Swift enhancements in the Vision framework (13:46).
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