This is related to the WWDC presentation, What's new in Metal rendering for immersive apps..
Specifically, the macOS spatial streaming to visionOS feature: For reference: the page in the docs.
The presentation demonstrates it using a full immersive space and Metal rendering using compositor services.
I'd like clarity on a few things:
Is the remote device wireless, or must the visionOS device be connected via a wired connected?
Is there a limit to the number of remote devices, and if not, could macOS render different things per remote device simultaneously?
Can I also use mixed mode with passthrough enabled, instead of just a fully-immersive mode?
Can I use RealityKit instead of Metal? If so, may I have an example, or would someone point to an example?
Discuss spatial computing on Apple platforms and how to design and build an entirely new universe of apps and games for Apple Vision Pro.
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When I run my app from Xcode on a device running iOS 26, the roomplan capture is corrupted and the recording is green and purple. This issue does not occur when I use an older version of iOS or when I run the app via testFlight or the App Store.
I am running a Spatial Rendering App template demo, it shows “No People Found ” “There is no one nearby to share with”.
How can I stream videos rendered by Mac to my vision pro
I am using macOS 26.0, visionOS 26, Xcode 26
Topic:
Spatial Computing
SubTopic:
General
Is there any way to convert TextureResource to Image
Dear all,
I´m using Unity 6.2 beta and Xcode 16.2. I´m creating a simple framework to use the text to speech functionality in VisionOS from unity. The framework is created in Swift. I create an objective-c wrapper with the following declarations:
...
void _initTTS(int);
...
I create the framework, import it in Unity and call the functions in a c# wrapper class. The code is as follows:
public static class TTSPluginManager
{
[DllImport("TTS_Vision"]
private static extern void _initTTS(int val);
...
public static void Initialize()
{
#if UNITY_VISIONOS
_initTTS(0);
#else
Debug.LogWarning("NativeTTS.Initialize called on a non-iOS platform. Ignoring.");
#endif
}
}
I have managed to compile and run the program in the Apple Vision Pro, but I keep on getting the following error:
DllNotFoundException: TTS_Vision assembly: type: member:(null)
TTSPluginManager.Initialize () (at Assets/Plugins/TTSPluginManager.cs:33)
LecturePortalManager.OnCreateStory (Ink.Runtime.Story story) (at Assets/AVRLecture/LecturePortalManager.cs:17)
InkLoader.StartStory () (at Assets/AVRLecture/InkLoader.cs:24)
InkLoader.Start () (at Assets/AVRLecture/InkLoader.cs:18)
If I run the generated code from Xcode, I can see the app in the AVP, but I keep getting a loading error:
DllNotFoundException: Unable to load DLL 'TTS_Vision'. Tried the load the following dynamic libraries: Unable to load dynamic library '/TTS_Vision' because of 'Failed to open the requested dynamic library (0x06000000) dlerror() = dlopen(/TTS_Vision, 0x0005): tried: '/TTS_Vision' (no such file)
at TTSPluginManager.Initialize () [0x00000] in <00000000000000000000000000000000>:0
at LecturePortalManager.OnCreateStory (Ink.Runtime.Story story) [0x00000] in <00000000000000000000000000000000>:0
I can see in the generated code that the framework (TTS_Vision) is there, but the path seems wrong. I've tried to add more options to the searched paths, with no success...
Any hints or suggestions are much more appreciated.
Hello Community,
I'm encountering an issue with the latest iOS 17 update, specifically related to RoomPlan version-2. In iOS 16, when using RoomPlan version-1, we were able to display stairs in our app. However, after upgrading to iOS 17 and implementing RoomPlan version-2, the stairs are no longer visible.
Despite thorough investigation, I couldn't find any option within the code to show or hide stairs, or any other objects for that matter. It seems like a specific issue with the update rather than a coding error on our part.
Has anyone else encountered a similar problem? If so, I would greatly appreciate any insights or solutions you might have. It's crucial for our app functionality to have stairs displayed accurately, and we're currently at a loss on how to address this issue.
Thank you in advance for any assistance you can provide.
Best regards
Do you retain a reference to your content (RealityViewContent) events? For example, the Manipulation Events docs from Apple use _ to discard the result. In theory the event should keep working while the content is alive.
_ = content.subscribe(to: ManipulationEvents.WillBegin.self) { event in
event.entity.components[ModelComponent.self]?.materials[0] = SimpleMaterial(color: .blue, isMetallic: false)
}
_ = content.subscribe(to: ManipulationEvents.WillEnd.self) { event in
event.entity.components[ModelComponent.self]?.materials[0] = SimpleMaterial(color: .red, isMetallic: false)
}
We could store these events in state. I've seen this in a few samples and apps.
@State var beginSubscription: EventSubscription?
...
beginSubscription = content.subscribe(to: ManipulationEvents.WillBegin.self) { event in
event.entity.components[ModelComponent.self]?.materials[0] = SimpleMaterial(color: .blue, isMetallic: false)
}
The main advantage I see is that we can be more explicit about when we remove the event. Are there other reasons to keep a reference to these events?
Recently, questions about ARKit/visionOS seem to be being asked in the Apple forum by internal Apple engineers. Inexperienced and untested makeshift features are being offered, putting average but experienced developers in a difficult position. They are unable to react and get something useful from the posts. Apple needs to review the situation.
Topic:
Spatial Computing
SubTopic:
ARKit
I'm placing sphere at finger tip and updating its position as hand move.
Finger joint tracking functions correctly, but I’ve observed noticeable latency in hand tracking updates whenever a UITextView becomes active. This lag happens intermittently during app usage, lasting about 5–10 seconds, after which the latency disappears and the sphere starts following the finger joints immediately.
When I open the immersive space for the first time, the profiler shows a large performance spike upto 328%. After that, it stabilizes and runs smoothly.
Note: I don’t observe any lag when CPU usage spikes to 300% (upon immersive view load)
yet the lag still occurs even when CPU usage remains below 100%.
I’m using the following code for hand tracking:
private func processHandTrackingUpdates() async {
for await update in handTracking.anchorUpdates {
let handAnchor = update.anchor
if handAnchor.isTracked {
switch handAnchor.chirality {
case .left:
leftHandAnchor = handAnchor
updateHandJoints(for: handAnchor, with: leftHandJointEntities)
case .right:
rightHandAnchor = handAnchor
updateHandJoints(for: handAnchor, with: rightHandJointEntities)
}
} else {
switch handAnchor.chirality {
case .left:
leftHandAnchor = nil
hideAllJoints(in: leftHandJointEntities)
case .right:
rightHandAnchor = nil
hideAllJoints(in: rightHandJointEntities)
}
}
await MainActor.run {
handTrackingData.processNewHandAnchors(
leftHand: self.leftHandAnchor,
rightHand: self.rightHandAnchor
)
}
}
}
And here’s the function I’m using to update the joint positions:
private func updateHandJoints(
for handAnchor: HandAnchor,
with jointEntities: [HandSkeleton.JointName: Entity]
) {
guard handAnchor.isTracked else {
hideAllJoints(in: jointEntities)
return
}
// Check if the little finger tip and intermediate base are both tracked.
if let tipJoint = handAnchor.handSkeleton?.joint(.littleFingerTip),
let intermediateBaseJoint = handAnchor.handSkeleton?.joint(.littleFingerIntermediateTip),
tipJoint.isTracked,
intermediateBaseJoint.isTracked,
let pinkySphere = jointEntities[.littleFingerTip] {
// Convert joint transforms to world space.
let tipTransform = handAnchor.originFromAnchorTransform * tipJoint.anchorFromJointTransform
let intermediateBaseTransform = handAnchor.originFromAnchorTransform * intermediateBaseJoint.anchorFromJointTransform
// Extract positions from the transforms.
let tipPosition = SIMD3<Float>(tipTransform.columns.3.x,
tipTransform.columns.3.y,
tipTransform.columns.3.z)
let intermediateBasePosition = SIMD3<Float>(intermediateBaseTransform.columns.3.x,
intermediateBaseTransform.columns.3.y,
intermediateBaseTransform.columns.3.z)
// Calculate the midpoint.
let midpointPosition = (tipPosition + intermediateBasePosition) / 2.0
// Position the sphere at the midpoint and make it visible.
pinkySphere.isEnabled = true
pinkySphere.transform.translation = midpointPosition
} else {
// If either joint is not tracked, hide the sphere.
jointEntities[.littleFingerTip]?.isEnabled = false
}
// Update the positions of all other hand joint spheres.
for (jointName, entity) in jointEntities {
if jointName == .littleFingerTip {
// Already handled the pinky above.
continue
}
guard let joint = handAnchor.handSkeleton?.joint(jointName),
joint.isTracked else {
entity.isEnabled = false
continue
}
entity.isEnabled = true
let jointTransform = handAnchor.originFromAnchorTransform * joint.anchorFromJointTransform
entity.transform.translation = SIMD3<Float>(jointTransform.columns.3.x,
jointTransform.columns.3.y,
jointTransform.columns.3.z)
}
}
I’ve attached both a profiler trace and a video recording from Vision Pro that clearly demonstrate the issue.
Profiler: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1fDWyGj_fgxud2ngkGH_IVmuH_kO-z0XZ
Vision Pro Recordings:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/17qo3U9ivwYBsbaSm26fjaOokkJApbkz-
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1LxTxgudMvWDhOqKVuhc3QaHfY_1x8iA0
Has anyone else experienced this behavior? My thought is that there might be some background calculations happening at the OS level causing this latency. Any guidance would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks!
Can I combine FromToByAction and BindTarget.MaterialPath to animate my ShaderGraphMaterial. I don't know how to use the BindTarget.MaterialPath.
I downloaded the file through Scoot, and when I remove VisionPro, the app will call the StreamDelegate method and return ". endEncountered". How can I solve this problem?
Thank you!
I would like to visualize a point cloud taken from a lidar. Assuming I can get the XYZ values of every point (of which there may be hundreds or thousands), what is the most efficient way for me to create a point cloud using this information?
At a recent community meeting we were wondering how Apple creates this soft-edge effect around the occlusion cutouts. We see this effect on keyboard cutouts, iPhone cutouts, and in progressive spaces.
An example: Notice the soft edged around the occlusion cutout for the keyboard
One of our members created some Shader Graph materials to explore soft edges. These work by sending data into the opacity channel of the PreviewSurface node.
Unfortunately, the Occlusion Surface nodes lack any sort of input. If you know how to blend these concepts with RealityKit Occlusion, please let us know!
Hello,
For GuessTogether source code, it seems like the code assumes that you're already in a FaceTime call before pressing the custom SharePlay button (labeled "Play Guess Together"). If not already on a FaceTime call, my Apple Vision Pro and the visionOS simulator both do nothing after throwing warnings. Is this intended behavior?
If so, how do I make it so that pressing the button can also initiate FaceTime calls? Is this allowed?
Thank you!
I've been struggling with this for far too long so I've decided to finally come here and see if anyone can point me to the documentation that I'm missing. I'm sure it's something so simple but I just can't figure it out.
I can SharePlay our test app with my brother (device to device) but when I open a volumetric window, it says "not shared" under it. I assume this will likely fix the video sharing problem we have as well. Everything else works so smooth but SharePlay has just been such a struggle for me. It's the last piece to the puzzle before we can put it on the App Store.
Is there any way to render a RealityView to an Image/UIImage like we used to be able to do using SCNView.snapshot() ?
ImageRenderer doesn't work because it renders a SwiftUI view hierarchy, and I need the currently presented RealityView with camera background and 3D scene content the way the user sees it
I tried UIHostingController and UIGraphicsImageRenderer like
extension View {
func snapshot() -> UIImage {
let controller = UIHostingController(rootView: self)
let view = controller.view
let targetSize = controller.view.intrinsicContentSize
view?.bounds = CGRect(origin: .zero, size: targetSize)
view?.backgroundColor = .clear
let renderer = UIGraphicsImageRenderer(size: targetSize)
return renderer.image { _ in
view?.drawHierarchy(in: view!.bounds, afterScreenUpdates: true)
}
}
}
but that leads to the app freezing and sending an infinite loop of
[CAMetalLayer nextDrawable] returning nil because allocation failed.
Same thing happens when I try
return renderer.image { ctx in
view.layer.render(in: ctx.cgContext)
}
Now that SceneKit is deprecated, I didn't want to start a new app using deprecated APIs.
I am creating a vision pro app with a 3D model, it has a mesh hierarchy of head, hands, feet etc. I want the character to look towards the camera, but am not able to access head of character through sceneKit nor reality kit. when I try to print names of the child meshes, it only prints till the character, it does iterate through all the body parts. Can anyone help?
Hi, I'm developing a prototype VisionOS game.
How to access the bones or joints information when exporting a USD file from Blender to RCP?
The animation in RCP works fine and the joints' information is correctly embedded in the USDA file (with usdchecker). However, RCP does not read it in USDA, USDC or USDZ. It should be possible based on Apple WWDC24 (Compose Interactive 3D content in RCP).
I want to attach and detach an entity to a particular bone in certain moments. So I need the bones' data. They are standard mixamo animations. My mesh is a single unified mesh. Using Blender 4.4
I thought the ARCoachingOverlayView was a nice touch, so each apps ARKit coaching was recognizable and I used it in my ARView/ARSCNView based apps.
Now with RealityView, is there any replacement planned?
Or should we just use UIViewRepresentable and wrap ARCoachingOverlayView?
When I was developing the visionOS 26beta Widget, I found that it could not work normally when the real vision OS was running, and an error would appear.
Please adopt container background api
It is worth mentioning that this problem does not occur on the visionOS virtual machine.
Does anyone know what the reason and solution are, or whether this is a visionOS error that needs Feedback? Thank you!