The leading game development platform, Unity, has unveiled official support for Apple Vision Pro in its visionOS, symbolizing a momentous milestone for developers striving to create incredible spatial experiences. This innovative support has been rolled out to all Unity Pro, Enterprise, and Industry subscribers, allowing a range of features and tools for constructing futuristic mixed reality applications. As of now, thousands of developers partook in the visionOS beta program, collaborating closely with Unity’s engineering teams to spearhead a new era of spatial computing.
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Key Features of Unity’s Support for visionOS:
Immersive Mixed Reality Experiences:
Unity’s PolySpatial technology emboldens developers to build mixed reality experiences that flawlessly amalgamate digital content with the real world. These unprecedented experiences can sprint alongside other apps in the Shared Space, offering users a unique and engaging spatial interaction.
VR Game Ports and Fully Immersive Experiences:
Developers are put through a series of consecutive sets of existing virtual reality games or create entirely new, fully grandiose experiences that replace a player’s surroundings with another environment. This expands the possibilities for spatial computing, providing diverse and captivating virtual worlds.
Resizable and Repositionable 2D Window Content:
Unity’s visionOS support allows developers to concoct content that sprints in a 2D window, providing users the pliability to resize and reposition it within the Shared Space. This feature enhances user customization and interaction.
Innovative Creations from visionOS Beta Program Participants:
LEGO® Builder’s Journey by Light Brick Studio:
The technical lead on LEGO® Builder’s Journey, Mikkel Fredborg, emerges with the inexplicable experience of working with a new interaction and rendering paradigm specially constructed by Unity’s support for vision. The PolySpatial technology opens up various opportunities for imaginative spatial experiences that exploit the powerful features of Apple Vision Pro.
TRIPP – An Award-Winning XR Wellness Platform:
Unity’s support for visionOS has potentiated TRIPP, an award-winning XR wellness platform, to tune up its services to extravagant rigidity across multiple platforms. The platform offers fully incredible wellness experiences on Apple Vision Pro, with Unity providing a solid foundation for development and exceptional support.
Play to Device Feature and One-Click Solution:
The new “Play to Device” feature permits developers to expediently live-preview content on the visionOS simulator or Apple Vision Pro without leaving the Unity Editor. Additionally, Unity offers a simple one-click solution to adapt existing iOS (or iOS-compatible) apps for the Shared Space as windowed applications.
Unity’s official support for Apple Vision Pro in visionOS consists of an epoch-making advancement in spatial computing. Developers now have access to familiar authoring workflows, robust XR tools, and cross-platform compatibility, invigorating them to create diverse and engaging spatial experiences. As showcased by participants in the visionOS beta program, the possibilities are vast, from imaginative puzzle games to immersive wellness platforms. With Unity’s continued commitment and support channels, the developer community is primed for success in the exciting landscape of spatial computing.
