Apple Continues Development on visionOS With Beta 6 Release
Apple today seeded the sixth beta of visionOS, the software that runs on the Vision Pro headset. The fifth beta came out in late October, so it has been two weeks since Apple last released a visionOS update.
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Only a limited number of developers have access to Vision Pro at this time, with the headsets used for app testing purposes. Most people do not have access to the visionOS beta, and it is not entirely clear what Apple is adding in each visionOS update.
Apple is letting developers attend Vision Pro labs around the world, and developers who visit these locations are able to test the Vision Pro in person and get help from Apple engineers on their visionOS apps.
The Vision Pro headset is not expected until early 2024, so Apple still has several months to refine the hardware and software.
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Being able to conjure up an any-size screen on demand like one might open a laptop to use a relatively tiny screen seems like an ideal use case for my needs. I hope it can do this one thing very well. Since existing VR products on the market already do this at their much lower resolutions... and Apple demoed exactly this benefit in the WWDC presentation...
...I look forward to trying it with my own eyes and hoping to see the productivity potential of a giant, visually sharp screen(s) in my laptop bag.
(My) Intent is to use it just like I use a laptop now: slip it on when I want to do laptop-type work, slip it off when I'm done. On the plane, on the train, in the hotel room, etc: WHEREVER I focus my attention on a relatively tiny laptop screen now to get things done. A virtual desktop size screen like the 40" ultra-wide I work on when NOT traveling would be so much more useful than continuing to adapt to <= a 16-inch screen when on the road.
No folding creases. No rolling. No weight of glomming on physical screens to get the additional screen R.E.- just a relatively small, NEW bit of tech in the laptop bag. I hope this delivers THAT well.