What’s new in Vision OS?

Vision OS 26 introduces several exciting new features and enhancements:

1. Widgets: Vision OS now supports widgets that can be integrated into your space, offering personalized and useful information at a glance. These widgets are spatial, customizable, and can be pinned to surfaces. They support interaction and animation, similar to other platforms. New APIs for VisionOS widgets allow for alternate views based on user proximity and appearance adjustments from glass to paper (What’s new in visionOS 26).

2. Volumetric Features: Vision OS 26 introduces new volumetric features that allow developers to create more immersive 3D experiences. SwiftUI has been enhanced to support these features, making it easier to build spatial apps (What’s new in visionOS 26).

3. Games and Spatial Accessories: The update includes support for new spatial accessories and improved hand tracking, which is now up to three times faster. This enhances the responsiveness of games and apps that require fast hand movements (What’s new in visionOS 26).

4. Shared Experiences: Vision OS 26 enhances shared experiences with features like SharePlay and nearby window sharing, allowing users to experience virtual content together, even if they are in the same room (What’s new in visionOS 26).

5. Immersive Media Ecosystem: The update supports native playback of 180, 360, and wide field of view videos, enhancing the realism of spatial content. It also introduces new ways to produce and edit spatial video content (What’s new in visionOS 26).

6. Enterprise Features: New APIs for enterprises include the Protected Content API, which ensures that only authorized users can view confidential materials. Vision OS 26 also supports spatial accessories for input in six degrees of freedom (What’s new in visionOS 26).

These updates make Vision OS 26 a significant release, enhancing both user experience and developer capabilities in creating spatial applications.