Step Into Newsletter – August 29, 2025

Expanding the scope of Step Into Visions and a huge announcement.

It has been one year since the launch of this project and we celebrated by announcing several new initiatives. We’re building a directory of developers who offer visionOS services. We’re working on a community calendar to organize events and meetups. We’re going to be launching a YouTube channel and at least one new podcast. Read the blog post for a full breakdown.

This Week on Step Into Vision

Spatial SwiftUI: Breakthrough Effect – We can use this new modifier to keep content visible even when it is blocked other views or content.

Spatial SwiftUI: Presentation Breakthrough Effect – We can use this new modifier to override the system default breakthrough effect for presentations.

Lab 079 – Using Physics with Manipulation Component – This labs explores how the new Manipulation Component works with physics bodies.

Shared Visions

By far the biggest announcement this week was Shared Visions. The short version is that we’re creating a documentary about the Apple Vision Pro community and we want you to get involved.

Community

Meetup: Immersive Video Enthusiasts – Organized by Matt Fisher, this meetup brings people together to discuss the latest trends and best practices to create immersive video.

App: UVSee – Speaking of Matt Fisher, check out his app to connect your UVC cameras to Apple Vision Pro.

Resource: Alliance for OpenUSD – The best place to keep up with the USD world.

Article: You bought a $30,000 immersive camera, and now what do you do? by Anthony Maës

App: Greetings from Space – Andy Griffin launched this little app that uses USD as reactions for messages.

Article: Panoramas Pt.2 – Gestures and Rounded Corners by Rotem Cohen shares code and thoughts about his app Splash Reader.

TestFlight: Contrast Medial Labs opened a TestFlight for a Gaussian Splat viewer.

See you at Office Hours later today! By the way, we’re working on setting some new times for Office Hours. We might have a new version launching for folks in Europe soon.