Testing the Vision Pro With New Ultrawide Display Option in visionOS 2.2

The first developer beta of visionOS 2.2 came out yesterday, and it includes a much anticipated new feature for Vision Pro users. When using the Vision Pro as a display for a Mac, there are now options to use wide and ultrawide layouts in addition to the standard virtual display.


We thought we'd check out the new display settings for those who might be interested in seeing how this changes the Vision Pro Mac workflow.

With the wide display option, there's enough screen real estate to use four apps at once without compromising on window size. Ultrawide bumps up the available space even more, and it's almost too much display space.

Using the ultrawide setting is like having multiple curved Mac displays in front of you to handle your Mac apps, and then you can also add in visionOS apps to better utilize the virtual space around you. The larger screen sizes for the Mac do improve productivity because there's so much more space to work with.

Note that you still can't use multiple Mac windows when mirroring your Mac display to your Vision Pro, but the wide and ultrawide provide so much space that it's essentially the same function. Apple says that the ultrawide mode is equivalent to using two 4K monitors side by side.

In addition to adding these display modes, Apple improved the quality of the virtual displays so they're crisper and higher resolution, plus audio plays from the Vision Pro rather than the Mac so it sounds better.

visionOS 2.2 is in beta right now, but it will see a launch alongside macOS Sequoia 15.2 and iOS 18.2 in early December.

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Top Rated Comments

jole Avatar
2 weeks ago
The new ultra wide display is AMAZING. I actually now prefer working on that over my XDR.

This can be sole reason for buying AVP.
Score: 22 Votes (Like | Disagree)
Graphikos Avatar
2 weeks ago
Love this! I got the AVP almost exclusively to have a great working environment for my Mac when not in my office (hotel rooms, etc.). In my office I use two 4k monitors + the 16" Laptop Display. Getting ultra-wide in AVP is going to be great!
Score: 14 Votes (Like | Disagree)
Graphikos Avatar
2 weeks ago

If I may ask, how practical is this? Can someone work (coding, writing documents, ...) like this on their Mac/MacBook for 8 hours a day (I don't know if AVP charging allows that).
I had an interesting situation I got thrown into. My glasses unexpectedly broke and replacements were a week out. Working in my office with my standard displays was suddenly not possible, so I turned to my AVP with the current prescription lenses. I worked all week, day in, day out on the AVP. It's entirely possible and about to get even better. I'm a full-stack web-developer so it was mostly coding.

For power you just keep it plugged in.

Here is a nice blurry shot from a video I recorded walking into my virtual office while my main monitors were off. I utilized a standing desk with nothing but a keyboard and mouse on it. When I got to my standing desk the virtual environment came up and I was coding in the mountains.



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Score: 12 Votes (Like | Disagree)
NapoleonIV Avatar
2 weeks ago
This is the killer app for this device. I calculated that it would save me several thousands of dollars to buy the Vision Pro than to buy several monitors and a computer that could support them. I hope that apple continues to improve the virtual monitor functionality and then removes all the dumb useless stuff from the Vision Pro, making it lighter and cheaper. Honestly, I would be happy to use a headset plugged into a Mac if the displays are good enough.
Score: 11 Votes (Like | Disagree)
TechnoMonk Avatar
2 weeks ago
This is the feature I was looking for, and hopefully keeps getting better by the time new rumored AVP with M5 releases in 2025. I would love to take high quality screens with me when I travel.
Score: 8 Votes (Like | Disagree)
currentinterest Avatar
2 weeks ago
I currently use my Vision Pro more for productivity than consuming content. I frequently use it with my MacBook Pro. I am really looking forward to the new Ultra Wide display. I can use it for hours at a time quite comfortably using a top head strap along with the solo head strap.
Score: 7 Votes (Like | Disagree)