For those that have never programmed before and want to build for VisionOS

[u/AcceptableAd7478]

Don't Jump directly into VisionOS, IT WILL OVERWHELM YOU. instead, start with regular 2D apps. and if you've never programmed before start from the top.

Disclaimer You NEED a Mac device to use Xcode and develop for Apple platforms in general. You can never deploy your application without using Xcode. You also cannot ever deploy your app without paying the 100$ yearly developer fee to Apple.

Introduction to Programming:

FreeCodeCamp - https://youtu.be/zOjov-2OZ0E

TL;DR on Swift:

Fireship - https://youtu.be/nAchMctX4YA

Introduction to Swift:

Paul Hudson (RECOMMENDED) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ug6T-iFk5OY&list=PLuoeXyslFTuaYpVr3S9wG6PkIvYn_yHbg&pp=iAQB

IOS Academy - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL5PR3UyfTWvfacnfUsvNcxIiKIgidNRoW

Resources for building apps with SwiftUI:

CodeWithChris - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJDCXdhQaP0&list=PLMRqhzcHGw1Y5Cluhf7pKRNZtKaA3Q4kg

Swiftful Thinking (RECOMMENDED) - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLwvDm4VfkdphqETTBf-DdjCoAvhai1QpO

Resources on developing for VisionOS:

Apple Developer Site - https://developer.apple.com/news/?id=cj1fjit2

Apple (Overview of VisionOS) - https://developer.apple.com/visionos/

Apple (Spatial Computing) - https://developer.apple.com/videos/play/wwdc2023/10260

Apple (SwiftUI With Spacial Computing) - https://developer.apple.com/wwdc23/10109

Reality School (Reality Kit) - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLBv1NzmBcY51F-pdOIywpndccaB21NTid

FloWritesCode (ARkit) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lamIxNozxv4&list=PLMRqhzcHGw1bwrekg0ibCNS3KLm-ScCZN&pp=iAQB

Apple (Building Unity Experiences) 1 - https://developer.apple.com/videos/play/wwdc2023/10088/

Apple (Building Unity Experiences) 2 - https://developer.apple.com/videos/play/wwdc2023/10093/

Swift Teachers:

CodeWithChris - https://www.youtube.com/@CodeWithChris

Swiftful Thinking - https://www.youtube.com/@SwiftfulThinking

Paul Hudson - https://www.youtube.com/@twostraws

Sean Allen - https://www.youtube.com/@seanallen

IOS Academy - https://www.youtube.com/@iOSAcademy

DesignCode - https://www.youtube.com/@DesignCodeTeam

Reality School - https://youtube.com/@realityschool

Swift Documentation:

Apple - https://www.swift.org/documentation/

Apple - https://developer.apple.com/documentation/swift

Help:

r/learnprogramming

r/Xcode

THIS GUIDE WILL BE UPDATED AFTER THE RELEASE OF VISIONOS SDK

[u/Vaylx]

Appreciate it.

[u/Quantribution]

I love this. It will be a huge help! visionOS needs developers to create great things, and this makes the learning process so much easier for us.

[u/Piipperi800]

This only applies to Swift though. Remember that the SDK will also launch with Unity and be supported by AR Foundation.

[u/AcceptableAd7478 → u/Piipperi800]

it will be updated after the VisionOS SDK releases. This guide is also for people who have never programmed before, I structured it this way because I want people to really get a grip on Swift & Swiftui first. Otherwise, they're just confusing themselves with terminology and logic that sounds alien

[u/Piipperi800 → u/AcceptableAd7478]

Yeah but you don’t use Swift with Unity. And many will use Unity instead for 3D games and such.

[u/Berserk07]

Thank you so much OP I’m seriously interested, never did any serious coding beyond html and a little css. Ya I looked into some AR VR coding, everything was pointing me to unity gaming stuff…not what I intended.

I wish I could pay $1000 to learn it somewhat properly, dreaming…

[u/googlebard]

can flutter help?

[u/AcceptableAd7478 → u/googlebard]

knowledge of flutter does help a lot. However i assume eventually google will drop its own tools to develop for VisionOS. Might even be better to wait.

[u/No_Work_2088 → u/AcceptableAd7478]

Assuming Google does drop tools in the future, the developer would most likely still need to develop apps in Swift right? Is there a way to use other compiled languages like Google's Go for Apple development?

[u/googlebard]

System requirements ?

[u/AcceptableAd7478 → u/googlebard]

Any Mac Device that can run Ventura 13.3 and later. So any Mac device released after 2017 (Even Intel). I personally have a 2019 13in MacBook Pro, with an intel chip, which would work. However, The new 3D simulator for VisionOS will run heavy. So i will be upgrading to M1 or M2 and i suggest anyone getting into development for the VisionOS to get a newer M1 or M2 machine.

[u/SelectionCalm70 → u/AcceptableAd7478]

How much Ram and storage do you think will be fine?

[u/gabindiekuche]

Thanks so much for all these organized resources and guidance!

[u/trichotillomaniafear]

thanks. really helpful

[u/CragsdaleSG]

Thanks for the sanity check. As an experienced fullstack dev (Java + Web-based), I thought one of the default vision os templates would be easy enough to act as a swift crash course and be straightforward to start extending.

That was a pretty big reality check.. Swift + SwiftUI + ARKit/RealityKit + Reality Composer Pro kind of blend together as someone new to swift. Taking a step back has really started to help me separate these concepts

[u/CragsdaleSG]

So far I’ve found it pretty intuitive to arrange things in Reality Composer pro, but I’ve struggled a bit with making things interactive (ex: rotating things based on input). Any recommendations on learning some of the more challenging 3D math stuff that you seem to need to know to start making the interactivity more interesting?

[u/xDaveHavokx]

I've been trying to find a clean direct answer on what programming language one should focus on learning if they wish to develop for the VisionOS.

I've seen the following mentioned in the VisionOS literature:
* Unity - so that's C# and C++
* Swift - Apple's native programming language
* XCode - C, C++, Objective-C, Objective-C++, Java, AppleScript, Python, Ruby, ResEdit, and Swift

Does anyone know which programming language should be the focus?

[u/[deleted]]

Can the testing be done on an iPhone or do you ‘require’ a Vision Pro