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Discover the latest additions and updates to design guidance. Explore inspirational designs, videos, articles, and resources.

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Updated visionOS 2 UI kits for Sketch Fixed Segmented Control label wrapping issue
Gestures Added guidance for working with system overlays in visionOS and made organizational updates.
September 3, 2024
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Design great visionOS apps Find out how to create compelling spatial computing apps by embracing immersion, designing for eyes and hands, and taking advantage of depth, scale, and space.
Explore multiview video playback in visionOS Learn how AVExperienceController can enable playback of multiple videos on Apple Vision Pro.
Explore game input in visionOS Discover how to design and implement great input for your game in visionOS.
Create custom environments for your immersive apps in visionOS Discover how to create visually rich and performant customized app environments for Apple Vision Pro.
Design interactive experiences for visionOS Learn how you can design a compelling interactive narrative experience for Apple Vision Pro from the designers of Encounter Dinosaurs.
Create custom hover effects in visionOS Learn how to develop custom hover effects that update views when people look at them.
Typography Added guidance for using Apple's Unity plug-ins to support Dynamic Type in a Unity-based game and enhanced guidance on billboarding in a visionOS app or game.
Windows Updated to include guidance for using volumes in visionOS 2 and added game-specific examples.
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Eyes Added artwork showing the visionOS hover effect.
March 7, 2024
February 8, 2024
“The best version we’ve ever made” Michael Simmons discusses bringing Fantastical to visionOS.
February 5, 2024
Design kit Updated visionOS design kits for Figma and Sketch.
February 2, 2024
Designing for visionOS Included a link to Apple Vision Pro User Guide.
Virtual keyboards Clarified the virtual keyboard's support for direct and indirect gestures in visionOS.
Buttons Noted that visionOS buttons don't support custom hover effects.
Game Center Added links to developer guidance on using the access point and dashboard in a visionOS game.
Scroll views Added artwork showing the behavior of the visionOS scroll indicator.
Color Distinguished UI Kit and SwiftUI gray colors in iOS and iPadOS, and added guidance for balancing brightness levels in visionOS apps.
Motion Enhanced guidance for minimizing peripheral motion in visionOS apps.
January 31, 2024
January 30, 2024
“So much possibility”: How Ryan McLeod rebooted Blackbox for Apple Vision Pro The inventive game comes to the infinite canvas.
January 16, 2024
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Realizing their vision: How djay designed for visionOS The team behind djay reveals why Apple Vision Pro represents “the culmination of everything” for their app.
Q&A: Building apps for visionOS Get advice directly from Apple experts on creating incredible apps and games for Apple Vision Pro.
December 7, 2023
Q&A: Spatial design for visionOS Get expert advice from the Apple design team on creating experiences for Apple Vision Pro.
December 5, 2023
Offering help Included visionOS in guidance for creating tooltips.
Layout Clarified guidance on centering content in a visionOS window.
Images Clarified guidance on choosing a resolution for a rasterized image in a visionOS app.
Scroll views Described the visionOS scroll indicator and added guidance for integrating it with window layout.
Digital Crown Added artwork for Apple Vision Pro and Apple Watch, and clarified that visionOS apps don't receive direct information from the Digital Crown.
Virtual keyboards Added artwork for visionOS.
SharePlay Added artwork for visionOS.
Accessibility Updated visionOS Zoom lens artwork.
Buttons Clarified some terminology and guidance for buttons in visionOS.
Split views Added guidance for split views in visionOS.
Sheets Recommended using a split view to offer supplementary items in a visionOS app.
November 9, 2023
October 24, 2023
Focus and selection Clarified the difference between focus effects and the visionOS hover effect.
Eyes Clarified the difference between focus effects and the visionOS hover effect.
October 3, 2023
September 15, 2023
September 12, 2023
Playing video Corrected the recommended width for a thumbnail in visionOS.
Alerts Added anatomy artwork for visionOS.
July 19, 2023
Design kit Updated visionOS design kits for Figma and Sketch.
July 12, 2023
June 23, 2023
Design kit New visionOS design kit for Figma.
June 21, 2023
Designing for visionOS New page.
Accessibility Updated to include guidance for visionOS.
App icons Updated to include guidance for visionOS.
Icons Updated to include guidance for visionOS.
Images Updated to include guidance for visionOS.
Layout Updated to include guidance for visionOS.
Materials Updated to include guidance for visionOS.
Motion Updated to include guidance for visionOS.
Privacy Consolidated guidance into new page and updated for visionOS.
Privacy Consolidated guidance into new page and updated for visionOS.
Typography Updated to include guidance for visionOS.
Collaboration and sharing Updated to include guidance for visionOS.
Drag and drop Updated to include guidance for visionOS.
Entering data Updated to include guidance for visionOS.
File management Updated to include guidance for visionOS.
Launching Updated to include guidance for visionOS.
Modality Updated to include guidance for visionOS.
Multitasking Updated to include guidance for visionOS.
Onboarding Updated to include guidance for visionOS.
Playing audio Updated to include guidance for visionOS.
Playing haptics Updated to include guidance for visionOS.
Playing video Updated to include guidance for visionOS.
Image views Updated to include guidance for visionOS.
Lists and tables Updated to include guidance for visionOS.
Buttons Updated to include guidance for visionOS.
Context menus Updated to include guidance for visionOS.
Edit menus Updated to include guidance for visionOS.
Menus Updated to include guidance for visionOS.
Toolbars Updated to include guidance for visionOS.
Navigation bars Updated to include guidance for visionOS.
Sidebars Updated to include guidance for visionOS.
Tab bars Updated to include guidance for visionOS.
Alerts Updated to include guidance for visionOS.
Page controls Updated to include guidance for visionOS.
Sheets Updated to include guidance for visionOS.
Windows Updated to include guidance for visionOS.
Segmented controls Updated to include guidance for visionOS.
Sliders Updated to include guidance for visionOS.
Virtual keyboards Changed page title from Onscreen keyboards and updated to include guidance for visionOS.
Digital Crown Updated to include guidance for visionOS.
Focus and selection Updated to include guidance for visionOS.
Gestures Changed page title from Touchscreen gestures and updated to include guidance for visionOS.
Keyboards Updated to include guidance for visionOS.
Pointing devices Updated to include guidance for visionOS.
SharePlay Updated to include guidance for visionOS.
June 16, 2023
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Design spatial SharePlay experiences Explore the types of shared activities you can create in your visionOS apps.
Design considerations for vision and motion Learn how to design engaging immersive experiences for visionOS that respect the limitations of human vision and motion perception.
Explore immersive sound design Discover how you can use sound to enhance the experience of your visionOS apps and games.
Behind the Design: SwingVision Discover how the SwingVision team served up the definitive tennis app.
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