Step Into Newsletter – October 31, 2025

Revamped Gesture Series, a lot of aMUSEment, and opportunities meet with Apple.

If you thought things would slow down after the launch of the updated Apple Vision Pro, then think again. The entire community is busy building, documenting, and exploring this new device and what it means for Spatial Computing.

This week on Step Into Vision

We have three new examples in our series on System Gestures. These extend our current knowledge using SwiftUI Gestures in RealityKit with the new Gesture Component in visionOS 26.

Gesture Component. – Exploring a new way to add gestures directly to entities.

Transforming Entities with Gesture Component. – This explores a way to capture the entity transform when a gesture starts. We can use that value in our calculations to transform the entity.

Targeting an Entity with Gesture Component. – We can use three instance methods to access entities and additional features in our gestures.

We’ve also updated the outline for System Gestures on the Learn visionOS page.

Also this week:

Environment Blending Component. – We can use this to control how entities blend in with objects in our environment.

Lab 093 documents some issues we’re having with Manipulation and Gestures when using RealityKit portals. Not everyone is seeing the same behavior here, so there are still some things to figure out.

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Upcoming Events

Apple is hosting a series of events for the visionOS community over the next couple of months. Find out more about each of these at the links below.

• Paris – Nov 6-7,2025
• China – Nov 26-27, 2025 (online only)
• New York – Dec 2-4, 2025
• Berlin – Dec 4-5, 2025
• London – Dec 18-19, 2025

Joseph signed up for the New York event and is eagerly awaiting news about attending. In the meantime, come join us at Office Hours every Wednesday and Friday.

From the Community

Watch: Justin Ryan released his full review of the new Apple Vision Pro on YouTube

App: Gemify lets you craft gems from elements. Check out the announcement post.

App: Coloring Book Color for Vision looks like a ton of fun.

Tom Krikorian released Now on Vision on the App Store. This community app will be a fun one to watch over time.

Listen: Joseph was on the latest episode of Vision Pros to talk about the M5-powered Apple Vision Pro.

Augmenos updated Cyberstocks. This has to be more of the most impressive windowed apps on Apple Vision Pro. Check out the trailer.

Scott Stein from CNET talked with Apple about Spatial Personas. Read the full article.

A powerful tool is emerging in Stobo Studio.

Spooky Vision by Michael Bundy and Mathew Spendlove will delight you.

Matt Pfeiffer, Matt Fisher, and Gregory Wieber have all been building with the new Logitech Muse. Make sure to check out their latest posts and follow for updates.

Happy Friday! Keep building the future, one day at a time.