From spatial widgets to realistic Personas: All the visionOS updates Apple announced at WWDC
Building on last year’s Apple Vision Pro spatial computer, which combines digital and real-world content, Apple has updated visionOS 26, the operating system that powers its mixed reality headgear. Apple revealed a number of enhancements at WWDC for both consumer and business users, including more realistic Personas, new spatial widgets, and content. Personalized spatial widgetsApple’s widgets provide quick access to tailored and helpful information. They become spatial with visionOS 26 and blend seamlessly with your surroundings. The widgets can be positioned wherever you like and altered in terms of size, color, and depth. Among the new widgets are a customizable clock, weather that changes according on the local weather, music allowing instant access to songs, and pictures that can be turned into a panorama or a “portal to another space.” Adding depth to 2D imagesA new AI technique that makes advantage of computational depth in an upgrade to the visionOS Photos app gives your 2D photos numerous viewpoints, making them come to life. According to Apple, you will be able to “lean straight into them and gaze around.” Additionally, using Safari’s spatial browsing feature helps enhance the immersion of web browsing. Spatial browsing can display inline photographs that “come alive as you navigate” and conceal distractions with specific supported articles. Spatial browsing can also be included into apps created by developers. Talking heads Last year, Apple made Personas, an AI avatar that can represent you during video calls, available as a beta feature on the Vision Pro. Apple claims that Personas “more truly resemble you” with visionOS 26. […]