# RealityKit updates Learn about important changes in RealityKit. ## Overview Browse notable changes in . ## June 2025 ### General - Create hover effect groups to indicate entities that need to highlight together using . - Present popovers from volumes using . - Manually create instances of entities using . - Animate entities implicitly using . - Create and modify attachments in a more streamlined fashion using . - Make entities render behind real-world objects based on depth using . - Implement post-processing effects using and . - Attach models together using . - now supports AVIF textures and entities you load from USDZ files that contain AVIF textures using so they render correctly. - Load entities from Data objects using . ### Image presentation - Generate spatial scenes using and present them (along with 2D images and spatial photos) using . - Receive notifications related to presenting images using . - Use with to play animations in Model3D Views. ### ARKit integration - Receive updates about ARKit anchors directly in RealityKit using and . ### SwiftUI integration - Use SwiftUI implicit animations using the modifier with RealityKit entities and components. - Keep SwiftUI state in sync with RealityKit state using . - Present USD variants in using . - Specify the frame sizing and alignment option for RealityView using . ### Video presentation - Play spatial video, 180°, 360°, wide-FOV APMP video, and Apple Immersive Video in . - Retrieve the loading status when playing video using with . - Receive notifications when a video stops playing due to a comfort violation using . ### Gestures and entity interaction - Implement six degree of freedom (6DOF) gestures for manipulating entities using . - Leverage to support gestures on individual entities. ## June 2024 ### General - Add artistic lights and shadows to your visionOS app with , , , and . - Manage spatial tracking in your app with the . - Use to efficiently bring your mesh data to RealityKit, including custom vertex attributes, formats, and layouts. - Use an to store associated animations with an entity that plays the animations. - Create an to animate a skeletal model with an inverse kinematics . - Use an to store associated audio with an entity that plays the audio. - Stream generated audio in real time with . - Manage the meshes on your blend shapes with . - Create more engaging sound effects by configuring rolloff and reverb with the . - Customize hover effects when using , such as spotlight styles, highlight styles, or shader-backed hover effects for additional control over hover behaviors. ### Models and materials - Optimize material initialization with a to compile backing shaders. - Use to efficiently update custom texture data in RealityKit, including custom pixel formats, texture types, swizzle, and texture usage. - Create cube texture resources with or . - Access additional texture resource properties: , , , and . - Add a clearcoat to your custom materials with . ### Physics and simulations - Apply force effects on rigid bodies with the . - Create simulations such as hinge and slider joints with . ### Immersive environments - Anchor dockable videos by attaching a to your entity. - Peer into other immersive worlds with a , and allow objects from that world to enter yours with . - Further control the lighting in your environment with . --- Copyright © 2026 Apple Inc. All rights reserved. | [Terms of Use](https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/terms/site.html) | [Privacy Policy](https://www.apple.com/privacy/privacy-policy)