According to Apple’s new guidelines, apps intended to operate on visionOS should be labeled as “spatial computing” experiences rather than “virtual reality” apps. The submission guidelines for.
Facepalm: The Vision Pro headset is set to launch in the US on February 2, and Apple has released detailed app development requirements. Developers must thoroughly introduce and describe their creations before submitting their code to the device’s store.
According to Apple’s new guidelines, apps intended to operate on visionOS should be labeled as “spatial computing” experiences rather than “virtual reality” apps. The submission guidelines for Vision Pro apps specify that developers should refrain from describing their apps as augmented reality (AR), virtual reality (VR), extended reality (XR), or mixed reality (MR) apps, even if that’s their intended functionality.
Apple seems to be introducing a novel concept with Vision Pro, its high-end AR/VR headset available for pre-order starting January 19 at a cost of $3,500.
