Share visionOS experiences with nearby people

Learn how to create shared experiences for people wearing Vision Pro in the same room. We'll show you how to integrate SharePlay and leverage ARKit...

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  In visionOS 26, you can share apps and experiences with nearby people

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  There's a whole new way to share apps

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  Every window has a button to the right of the window bar

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  that opens a share menu when tapped.

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  that people can share in the same space,

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  to the new Share menu, so people can easily start sharing.

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  is make your SharePlay activity available in the Share menu.

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  With the introduction of the new Share menu in visionOS 26,

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Meet the Contact Access Button

Learn about the new Contacts authorization modes and how to improve Contacts access in your app. Discover how to integrate the Contact Access Button...

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  to only share a portion of the contacts database.

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  whether to share contacts with the app or not.

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  The contact access button is an powerful new way,

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  Instead of a full-screen picker, this button fits into your existing UI,

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  the Contact Access Button!

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  the button shows search results for contacts

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  When the button has a unique match,

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  it only takes one tap for the button to grant your app access to the contact.

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Customize spatial Persona templates in SharePlay

Learn how to use custom spatial Persona templates in your visionOS SharePlay experience to fine-tune the placement of Personas relative to your app....

• WWDC24 VIDEO

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  I'll use the spatial button to activate my spatial Persona.

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  Now the Play Guess Together button is active

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  where role changes are tied to somebody pressing the button to join blue team.

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Share files with SharePlay

Discover how to work with files and attachments in a SharePlay activity. We'll explain how to use the GroupSessionJournal API to sync large amounts...

• WWDC23 VIDEO

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  that you want to share, as “attachments."

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  that let us start a SharePlay session and a trash button to reset the session.

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  I think it’d be pretty nice if we had a button here at the bottom

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  We’ll start with the button to select a photo.

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  If you remember from earlier, we wanted to add this button in the ControlBar.

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  Let’s go ahead and import PhotosUI and add a new button using the "PhotosPicker" view

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  We can start a session and then we get our Photos button.

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Add SharePlay to your app

Discover how your app can take advantage of SharePlay to turn any activity into a shareable experience with friends! We'll share the latest updates...

• WWDC23 VIDEO

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  Any activity is better when you can share it with friends,

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  to find who you're trying to share with,

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  No need to ask for their username or email to share.

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  which you can learn about more in "Share files with SharePlay."

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  to now share with groups.

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  tapping the Share button from an active FaceTime call

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  with a SharePlay button.

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Build spatial SharePlay experiences

Discover how you can use the GroupActivities framework to build unique sharing and collaboration experiences for visionOS. We'll introduce you to...

• WWDC23 VIDEO

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  First, it allows the Share menu above a window

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  Finally, let's talk about SharePlay from the Share menu.

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  When in FaceTime, every window has a share banner above it.

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  One option is to simply share the window.

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  to have a dedicated SharePlay button in your app's UI.

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  since that is what will be presented in the Share menu.

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  The title and image provider will be used in the Share menu.

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  Let's share the magical moments in the immersive world.

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Design spatial SharePlay experiences

Explore the types of shared activities you can create in your visionOS apps and find out how your apps can use Spatial Persona templates to support...

• WWDC23 VIDEO

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  Your app can share up to one window

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  any Play button can be used to start a shared activity.

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  People can share any window with no additional effort

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  share a common coordinate system and frame of reference

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  While it's important to share as much context

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What's new in SharePlay

Join us as we share the latest updates to SharePlay. We'll show you how you can start SharePlay sessions right from your app, take you through...

• WWDC22 VIDEO

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  you'll see that we now have a new SharePlay button.

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  Here we have the ability for users to start SharePlay from share sheet,

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  then you get this button for free with our zero adoption flow,

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  and then providing the ItemProvider to the share sheet.

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  Want to still offer the SharePlay button

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  you can make SharePlay not show up in the share sheet

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  And if you want to place a button directly within your app,

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  you'll remember there weren't any share buttons in our app,

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Add SharePlay to your multiplayer game with Game Center

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  SharePlay enables them to share gaming experiences

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  Then tap the Play With Friends button.

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  After that, clicking Online NBA button

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  Tapping the Start SharePlay button

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  by simply tapping the Open button on their end.

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Make a great SharePlay experience

• WWDC22 VIDEO

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  for people to share experiences in your app.

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  that they want to share with their friends,

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  letting them share an experience with their friends

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  But sometimes, we share activities

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  that they want to share with their friends.

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  they want to share with their friends,

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  they might tap the Share button to present the Share Sheet.

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  from your app directly from the Share Sheet.

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