Apple Seeds Ninth visionOS 2 Beta to Developers

Apple today released the ninth beta of an upcoming visionOS 2 update to developers, with the beta coming a week after the eighth beta.

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Registered developers are able to opt into the betas by opening up the Settings app on their device, going to the Software Update Section, tapping on the "Beta Updates" option, and toggling on the Developer Beta. Note that an Apple ID associated with a developer account is required to download and install the beta.

‌visionOS 2‌ is able to take the depth information from 2D photos and turn them into 3D photos using advanced machine learning. Apple says that the feature is meant to add depth to photos to make memories more immersive.

There are new hand gestures for activating the Home View and Control Center, and the Home View is also now customizable with apps able to be rearranged. Travel Mode now includes support for trains, and Guest User profiles are now saved for 30 days so guests don't have to do the setup process every time they try out the headset.

Later in the year, Mac Virtual Display will support higher resolution and larger sized virtual displays, which Apple says will be equivalent to two 4K monitors side by side. With an AirPlay update, the Vision Pro can serve as an ‌AirPlay‌ receiver, so content from the iPhone, iPad, or Mac can be shared to the headset.

The Mindfulness app can track and respond to breathing patterns using the camera for an improved meditation experience, and the Vision Pro supports Bluetooth mice with ‌visionOS 2‌.

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philfloyduk Avatar
20 weeks ago
Bring on OS 2.1 with Mac virtual display improvements!! ??
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jlorp420 Avatar
20 weeks ago
I slowly have started to use mine regularly again after months of very little use. Infuse has been regularly updating their TestFlight app and are finally to a point where I can stream everything in my webDAV server properly. That plus the visionOS 2 beta has been exactly what I wanted since release day, I've watched ~1.5 seasons of Star Trek TNG through this setup over the past month.
Score: 8 Votes (Like | Disagree)
zacware Avatar
20 weeks ago
The funny thing for me is that I'm old enough to remember when the Mac was introduced. The "gimmicky device" with a "graphical user interface"?. A "pointing device" to use it? "Fonts? who needs fonts!" So many skeptics and critics. "It surely isn't a serious computing device!" "It'll never catch on!" There was also the complaints about the price of the first Mac. $2,500 in 1984 ($7,500 in today's dollars)!!!! Not enough RAM! No software for it! And yet here we are today, where the thought of using a computer without a GUI or mouse would be unthinkable to anyone other than a developer. LOL! Granted, the tech behind the VP is going to take 5 years to refine into a fully-adoptable end user device, but I'm so glad I get to experience it now in it's current form.
Score: 7 Votes (Like | Disagree)
axantas Avatar
20 weeks ago

Interesting that they're still seeding updates for VisionOS and not iPhone and Apple Watch.
Beta 9 was very small - call it an emergency release. But I do appreciate that. I try to give feedback for the Betas and - lo and behold - I was asked even to give more details regarding my input. They are working on it.
Score: 7 Votes (Like | Disagree)
FishyFish Avatar
20 weeks ago
Can't wait to install this, thanks Apple! Love that we keep getting betas to improve this platform.
Score: 6 Votes (Like | Disagree)
re-cycle Avatar
20 weeks ago

I didn’t do the beta so I’m super excited to get all of these changes especially the 2D to spatial photos. ?
That is one of the standout features of Vision OS 2.

Can’t wait for them to bring it to video and not just stills. I imagine the neural CPU workload would be phenomenal but the ability to bring old video ‘to life’ spatially would be awesome. My father-in-law died earlier this year and I can imagine just how moving it would be for my wife, kids and family to share past videoed experiences in spatial. People forget how Apple is one of the few companies that ‘gets’ the emotional impact of a well designed feature, UI or product that ‘just works’ for people who don’t care about tech.
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