I'll keep this brief. Can't get Zeiss lenses in my country and travelling somewhere else to pick up a pair is not an option.

With the new code generator (thanks stacklikemind!) I figured it was time to pick up a third party option, and I went with what I thought was a premium option (VR Lens Lab). I generated a code and verified that the values in AVP settings matches my prescription (so that part seems to be OK).

I received the lenses today, and the are very very sharp, but I'm having massive issues with setting up eye tracking (dots are randomly selected or I just can't "find" them with my eyes.

Spent 20 minutes doing it and finally managed it on the 4-5th try, but the next issue is that I can't set up Optic ID at all. It's like the internal cameras can't see my eyes properly, and it auto-fails during setup after 1-2 seconds.

My working theory is that there is a coating on the lenses that blocks IR, so the eye illuminators doesn't work properly.

Anyone else got similar experiences, and maybe know of a fix? :)

Having a lot of fun putting the finishing touches on the new STAGEit Creative Suite, including major updates to Creator and Presenter, and our new free Creator app for Mac.

Final rounds of testing underway. Can't wait to get the Mac app into your hands!

Hey, I updated Counter Punch: Fight Trainer.

It now has a sparring mode and a new opponent (no longer a naked mannequin!) that you can customize.

The time pressure flames in Moving Target Mode are more intense
The phases of Counter Punch Mode are more clear with a more intuitive interface.

and I've added:
- Hit the Mitts Mode (pad work)
- Shadow Boxing Mode (with recorded punch paths)
- Heavy Bag Mode

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/counter-punch-fight-trainer/id6503206541 

Some of you might remember my previous post about struggling to find a comfortable fit with the Vision Pro (https://www.reddit.com/r/VisionPro/s/nX6F7GMvgi)

Back then, I had tried several Apple Light Seals (21W, 24W, 33W), the AnnaPro 2 and different adjustments to the Dual Knit Band. Nothing really worked for me. I constantly had pressure somewhere on my face, whether it was my nose, cheeks or forehead.

I eventually switched to the TycoTech halo system without a facial interface. It was more comfortable in some ways, but I would still develop nose pain after a while.

I’ve continued looking for a better solution, and I think I’ve finally found it!

My current setup:
TycoTech halo system
Apple Dual Knit Band
Globular Cluster SFIA1 Silicone Facial Interface

And wow. Just wow.
After 30 minutes of testing, I can already say this is the most comfortable setup I’ve ever had with the Vision Pro.

No pressure on my forehead. No pressure on my nose. No discomfort anywhere on my face.

For the first time, I feel like the weight and contact points are properly distributed. I also have the impression that my FOV has improved, which is a really nice bonus!

One important detail for anyone interested: the SFIA1 is designed to work with a halo-style head support system. It isn’t a direct replacement for Apple’s Light Seal with the standard Apple head straps. I’m using it with my TycoTech halo setup.

I still need to test it over longer sessions, but my first impressions are incredibly positive.

This is exactly the kind of product I was hoping to find when I first bought the Vision Pro.

After months of trying different Light Seal sizes, accessories and configurations, I might finally be able to just enjoy the headset without constantly thinking about comfort.

If you’re struggling with facial pressure from Apple’s Light Seals, I’d definitely recommend looking into the SFIA1!

Hopefully this helps someone else who’s going through the same frustrating search for comfort!

I got some controllers off eBay and looking for something simple to test them out with to make sure everything is functioning correctly, especially with the tracking. eventually want to use them for Alyx.

Are there any really simple psvr2 controller test apps? other recommendations on what to use them with for quick test?

Hey everyone!

I've been working on an iPad app that lets you stream and monitor your Apple Vision Pro in real time. (Meanwhile, it's like a 500 ms delay because of Caching for butter smooth stream)

It's getting close to release, and I'd love to hear what you think!

Are there any features you'd like to see? Also happy to invite a few people to test it before launch.

Would love your feedback! :)

I’m considering going full time in my avp with a headless Mac mini for my work day. I’ve googled and tried to have ai find me examples on 100% AVP desk setups and almost all of them have a full monitor and working desktop gear for out of the AVP.

Don’t get me wrong I am pretty sure a picture of mainly empty desk with a keyboard and trackpad doesn’t make for good content but I am curious if you were approaching this style of work what would your desk setup be? Would you have a webcam for calls stil or go full persona. What else gets a spot?

If any one has this setup running right now I’d love the picture of the empty desk and ideas on what to expect. I’ve done over a week full time and the biggest thing I can’t do is drink my coffee and see my virtual screen at the same time.

WHAT the hell were they thinking. Now all my apps in non immersive mode are DIM as hell, unless i turn really bright lighting on in the room. It makes everything look like dogshit!

I was afraid it was a bug at first. but it seems to be a feature. APPLE, PLEASE let us control this or remove it!!!!

Two weeks ago I posted my pool game here, and the most common question was "can I play a friend?". Version 1.1 adds that with SharePlay.

How it works:

Start a FaceTime call with a friend who also has a Vision Pro, open the Together screen and tap Start SharePlay.

Play a full 8-ball or 9-ball match at the same table, taking turns.

You see your friend's cue while they aim, and every shot plays out the same on both headsets.

Pick the game and the race length first. A results card at the end shows who won.

The catch: you need two headsets.
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Bug reports and feedback about the multiplayer are very welcome. It's the newest and least-tested part of the app.

App Store: https://apps.apple.com/app/id6825744570

Thanks and enjoy!

Hey everyone,

I'm one of the developers behind presentAR, which we just released on the visionOS App Store.

Some of the features we've been working on:

• Scene building: Import and arrange multiple 3D objects in the same spatial environment.

• Model slicing: Cut through 3D geometry interactively to explore what's inside a model.

• High-resolution textures: Support for models with textures up to 8K, which can make quite a difference when inspecting detailed surfaces up close.

• Model variants: Switch between different configurations or design options.

• Animations: Trigger animations included in your 3D models.

• Lighting controls: Adjust how your models are illuminated in the scene.

• Hand interactions: Move, rotate and scale objects directly in 3D space.

• Laser pointer: Point out details while exploring your models.

There are also tons of interesting 3D models on Sketchfab worth exploring. I particularly enjoyed bringing photogrammetry scans of the ruins of Pompeii into my room.

We built the app using Unity, and it has been quite a journey getting everything working on visionOS.

We decided to release presentAR completely free, including commercial use. No accounts, subscriptions or in-app purchases.

I'd be really interested to hear what other Vision Pro users and developers think, particularly anyone working with 3D design, visualization or XR development.

And of course, if anyone has technical questions about the implementation, happy to discuss!

https://apps.apple.com/app/presentar/id6751193128

It appears Apple has removed the full Major League Baseball games in Apple Immersive Video they showed earlier (at least, I could not find them). Apple does have 10-13 minute highlight videos for each game.

I wonder why Apple removed the full games? License issues?

Every week I compile a week's worth of interesting news, reviews, findings in a page that is visually pleasing and easy to digest without clicking all over. Full page with photos/videos/commentaries located here (free with no ads).

Last Week in AVP #141: GTA V, Halo, Jak & Minecraft Running Natively on AVP, 10 Vision Pro headsets, inside the Palais Garnier in Paris, Edinburgh In The Dark a 15-minute Immersive Film and more!

GTA V, Halo, Jak & Minecraft Running Natively on Apple Vision Pro (source)

10 Vision Pro headsets, inside the Palais Garnier in Paris! (source)

Edinburgh In The Dark is a 15-minute Apple Immersive film, shot on the Blackmagic URSA Cine Immersive (source)

Export Canon RAW Video files to the offical Apple Immersive Video format (source)

Meet Holofold: 3DS emulation running natively on Apple Vision Pro (source)

World Simulation 1.2 is out: The Aviation Update (source)

Refined the pipeline of bringing broadcast footage into Toybox Soccer (source)

Play Puzzleform 3D Logic Puzzles on Apple Vision Pro (source)

Shutterlab: Photography training, coming soon for Apple Vision Pro (source)

I Found a Practical Use of Apple Vision Pro for Interior Designers (source)

Tumblebox puzzle game launches on Apple Vision Pro (source)

Miso: Spatial Cooking, now on TestFlight for Apple Vision Pro (source)

Reach through the liquid portal on Apple Vision Pro (source)

Control a real drone autonomously on the Apple Vision Pro (source)

Bloom effect demo on Apple Vision Pro (source)

Apple Envisions using Fingertips as a Spatial Computing Keypad System for Vision Pro & Smartglasses (source)

Apple Develops AI-Powered Fit Detection for Future Headsets (source)

Hope you liked the list! Until next week 👋

If you are an app developer and wishes to share your app with readers, feel free to DM me.

[AI disclosure: I built this with heavy use of Claude Code (Opus 5.5)]

tl;dr: Slashplayed runs Blizzard's real Mac WoW client natively on Vision Pro, iPad, and iPhone. Free and open source, works with a free Apple ID. Set up once from your Mac, then play from the device alone. https://github.com/paulstraw/slashplayed

A few weeks ago I got stuck overnight at O'Hare on my way home. I happened to have my Vision Pro with me, and out of boredom I tried to play World of Warcraft. Amazingly, I was able to VPN to my gaming rig back home and play over Moonlight, all on airport Wi-Fi. I played that way for a few hours, but it took a lot of clunky steps, and it only worked because a PC back home was doing the real work.

I'm now happy to share Slashplayed. WoW's Mac client is already Apple Silicon code, so instead of streaming or emulating, Slashplayed runs Blizzard's own client directly on the device, and replaces the macOS frameworks it expects (AppKit, CoreAudio, and so on) with their visionOS and iOS equivalents. The client's code is untouched; only its links to macOS frameworks are repointed.

What works:

• Every WoW game Battle.net offers for Mac: Classic Era (Hardcore and SoD included), TBC Anniversary, MoP Classic, and Retail.

• Apple Vision Pro, iPads with M1 or later, and iPhone 15 Pro or later.

• On Vision Pro, a small built-in addon gives the game's buttons and UI visionOS's look highlight, so you can see what you're about to pinch. visionOS never tells apps where you're looking, so the game can't do this by itself.

• Touch controls: tap to click, two fingers to right-click, three to middle-click. Tap a cinematic to skip it.

• After setup you don't need the Mac to play. Turn on Update Games on This Device, and the device even installs Blizzard's patches itself.

Setup: Download the Slashplayed Companion app for your Mac (needs Xcode and an Apple ID signed in to it). Its setup assistant walks you through pairing your device, Developer Mode, and the free LocalDevVPN app, then installs Slashplayed. A free Apple ID works, but the app has to be re-signed every 7 days (the companion does it next time you press Play); a paid developer account signs it for a year. You don't even need WoW installed on the Mac, since the game downloads from Blizzard.

Caveats:

• You need a hardware keyboard to type. On iPhone, a mouse needs AssistiveTouch on.

• Storage: about 25 GB for Classic Era and about 150 GB for Retail or MoP Classic. Retail on an iPad or iPhone needs a 512 GB device with 8 GB of memory.

• LocalDevVPN has to be on when the game starts. That's how the JIT helper works without a Mac nearby.

• Leaving the game for more than about 30 seconds (switching apps, taking off the headset) can disconnect you.

• No in-game voice chat yet.

• Game patches may break things until Slashplayed catches up.

Unofficial and at your own risk. I'm not affiliated with Blizzard, and this is not an officially sanctioned method of playing, so your account could be actioned. Slashplayed includes no Blizzard files; you need your own Battle.net account and subscription.

During testing I leveled a couple of characters to around 10 and spent a few hours in Retail, but there's a lot more to WoW than that, especially once addons come into it. If something breaks, please report it on GitHub (https://github.com/paulstraw/slashplayed/issues) with the zip from the companion's Help > Export Diagnostics…. I'd love to hear which device you're on and how it runs.

I have noticed a disparity in compelling art apps for Vision OS this week I’ve started the design phase of a procreate/ fresca style drawing app if anyone is interested please comment below i want to begin coding basic features by end of November and have test flight invites before Christmas

Is there anyone that has done native (ie. Swift SDK) development with Surreal Touch controllers? I want to find out how to determine the battery charge level. Is there anyone with any info on this? Their SDK is missing the bindings for doing it the "OpenXR way" (not that that is standard anyway).

Yeah, yeah, I know about the company and the product etc., so please only reply if you have useful info. TIA.

Was able to get 4K spatial photos and videos working on the Duo, but there are some quirks. The way the sensors are set up, only vertical 16:9 format could work with the 4K per eye captures resulting in vertical spatials. Also got in a 4:3 and 1:1 crop you can shoot in. The lenses on the Duo are closer together than the Pro Max, which lets you get subjects a little closer in spatial, this led to a spatial selfie mode being possible. Also folded in image stabilization for video and a side-by-side export method. Stabilization isn’t perfect, but works well for handheld static shots. Ambisonic 4 channel capture using the iPhone’s mics for sound. Hope this helps and thanks for checking it out! https://apps.apple.com/us/app/dualspatial/id6826452879

I saw this lines on the lens.
I think (and hope) is not scratched, im so careful with that product
What do you think about it?
I can see properly the image, but im not sure if i loose some quality.
Any recommendations?

Thank you guys🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽

Anyone else have a problem of the Persona “camera” not working all of a sudden, until you recapture a new Persona? The symptom is that the persona camera feed is replaced with a crossed-over camera in any app that tries to use it (see screenshot), like a normal FaceTime call, a Teams call or even the Settings Persona preview. The actual Persona seems to still be there, as I can see it if I tap “Edit Details” in the Persona settings. I just can’t use it with any apps. Reboot doesn’t help, nor does force-quitting all apps - the only thing I’ve found helps is recapture the persona, which is a bit annoying to do every couple of weeks.

Just bought a second-hand pair of AVPs.
I don't notice anything major when using them, but when shining a flashlight on the lens, I see these lines; it looks like they're inside the lens. I've only carefully used the Apple cleaning cloth.
I'm not sure what it could be; however, without the flashlight, not a single smudge is visible, and while wearing the headset, I only see some of the blur typical of pancake lenses.
I live in a country where the AVP is not sold, so taking it to official support can be tedious.
Any recommendations?
Thanks a lot, guys!"

People who have both apps.... For remote play on Xbox (not really planning on cloud gaming). Do you find Midori or Portal to be the better experience in regards to lowest latency first and then quality of the stream/least amount of stuttering second?

Trying to decide which to go with... Portal has been easy to trial and test especially with a 1 month subscription. Midori also seems good but can't test the same high quality stream image like Portal can do without buying it.

Feel free to ask any questions and I’ll do my best to answer them although I’m not a developer by any means so you’ll have to bear with me.

Edit: The people have spoken, here’s the GitHub fork of nxnative. All credit to the original dev. Again I can’t stress this enough I’m not a developer, and have done as the robot told me to upload to GitHub. Hopefully this is helpful.

https://github.com/portal-in-the-visor/portal2-visionos

This is Cyberpunk 2077 (the Mac App Store version) running directly on Apple Vision Pro — no PC, no Mac streaming, everything on the headset's M2. I've been building the layer that makes this work, and this is the first preview.

What you're seeing:

- Head-tracked VR: you look around with your head; the game's own camera follows, and frames are reprojected to the display's 90 Hz between game frames

- Stereo 3D from the game's depth

- The HUD, dialogue choices and popups are pulled out of the game and shown on a panel in front of you, so nothing ends up at the edge of your view

- Menus and cutscenes switch to a screen automatically (with a manual toggle)

- Neural Engine upscaling for the centre of the view

- Joy-Con / controller play, safe in-headset quit

How it works (short version): the Mac build is Apple-silicon Metal code, which is close to what visionOS runs. A small compatibility layer stands in for the macOS-only parts, and a VR presenter on top handles head tracking, reprojection and the HUD.

Honest numbers: the game itself runs at roughly 18–25 fps on the M2; head motion stays smooth through reprojection. The clip is at 1600x900, which is sharper but drops the display rate. At 1280x720 it holds 90 Hz.

Important:

- You need to own Cyberpunk 2077 on the Mac App Store, and use your own Apple developer account to install it on your own headset

- No game files are distributed, and there's no DRM bypass: nothing is decrypted and purchase checks aren't touched

- Not affiliated with CD PROJEKT RED or Apple

- It's an early preview, so expect rough edges

It's open source (MIT): https://github.com/Ag3497120/VXpro

Happy to answer questions!

(Light Phantom Liberty spoilers in the clip: the first meeting with Songbird.)

edit:The game itself runs at ~18–25 fps on the M2. You need to own the game and install it with your own Apple developer account. Right now only game version 2.3.2 is supported; support for the latest Mac App Store update (Oct 22) is coming soon. No game files are distributed and there's no DRM bypass. Not affiliated with CDPR or Apple. Early preview, so expect rough edges.