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John Haney ᯅ

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I make apps that run on  devices, Author https://www.appsyoucanmake.com, Creator of GrammarSnob, Flashlight via my Apps From Outer Space. not representing any company. | he/him

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John Haney ᯅ @johnhaney.bsky.social · Jan 1

I’ll summarize my 2024 with the word Spatial 🥽

This was the year of Spatial Computing and Apple Vision Pro for me:
3 apps for #visionOS by Apps From Outer Space (links in thread)
2 apps by Lextech (links in thread)
VisionDevCamp 🏆
Vision Hack
Open source (links in thread)

📕 AppsYouCanMake.com

Apps You Can Make

Apps You Can Make SwiftUI starter iPhone projects for iPhone and iPad Your first steps as an App Developer by John Haney

AppsYouCanMake.com

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John Haney ᯅ @johnhaney.bsky.social · 10h

Check out raven.vision/testflight for a list of visionOS TestFlights

raven.vision : Apple Vision & visionOS TestFlight

Find and join visionOS TestFlight beta programs for Apple Vision Pro. Discover upcoming spatial apps and test new features.

raven.vision

John Haney ᯅ @johnhaney.bsky.social · 5d

Happy  26.1 release candidate day, everyone!

iOS, visionOS, macOS, tvOS, watchOS, and Xcode are all available now

John Haney ᯅ @johnhaney.bsky.social · 7d

Link to my open source sample apps for Apple Vision Pro: github.com/johnhaney/AR...

GitHub - johnhaney/ARKitVision: Template starters for building for visionOS

Template starters for building for visionOS. Contribute to johnhaney/ARKitVision development by creating an account on GitHub.

github.com

John Haney ᯅ @johnhaney.bsky.social · 7d

Without using this correction, the aim position was off by about a centimeter with the stylus in front of me.

John Haney ᯅ @johnhaney.bsky.social · 7d

* When you get an AccessoryAnchor, you can get a coordinateSpace for the .aim and use correction or not. The correction gives you a position that will better match up with real-world objects in the passthrough display.

John Haney ᯅ @johnhaney.bsky.social · 7d

* I'm using AccessoryTrackingProvider here to get the results, as opposed to an AnchoringComponent. I will experiment with AnchoringComponent later.

John Haney ᯅ @johnhaney.bsky.social · 7d

Some notes on my experiences so far with this device:
* The aim anchor is fairly smooth and updates well, but did float when I had the stylus in front of my MacBook Pro screen when it was off. Maybe this was due to reflections on the screen?

John Haney ᯅ @johnhaney.bsky.social · 7d

I added a new open source app, LaserPointer, to ARKitVision (link in comments). This has a simple setup for tracking the Logitech Muse stylus, and uses the primary button to change laser beam colors.

Link to #visionOS code and notes about my experiences with the Logitech Muse so far in 🧵

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John Haney ᯅ @johnhaney.bsky.social · 8d

Just did a demo of the Apple Vision Pro with M5. It was already an amazing device that I’ve been fortunate to work with daily since last February, and this is a really great upgrade. Text is crisper, load times are near instant, and the moon surface in Jupiter has really sharp details. 🥽

John Haney ᯅ @johnhaney.bsky.social · 9d

Nice! Thanks for sharing your code!

John Haney ᯅ @johnhaney.bsky.social · 10d

Apple Vision Pro Developer Strap (2nd Generation) just arrived.

Curiously, it has some more more metal near the connector on both sides, and is just a bit visible on the right.

#visionOS

Apple Vision Pro Developer Strap (2nd Generation) on left. Apple Vision Pro Developer Strap (1st Generation) on left.

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John Haney ᯅ @johnhaney.bsky.social · 11d

Happy Apple Vision Pro M5 release day, everyone!

There is also an updated Developer Strap available to order.

John Haney ᯅ @johnhaney.bsky.social · 13d

Happy  26.1 beta 4 day, everyone!

iOS, visionOS, macOS, watchOS, tvOS

So far, latest Xcode version is 26.1 beta 2

John Haney ᯅ @johnhaney.bsky.social · 18d

Apple Vision Pro with M5 and a new dual knit loop looks great! Preorder now and it releases October 22.

I’m excited to see how much further we can push apps on this with the upgraded processor.

www.apple.com/shop/buy-vis...
#appleVisionPro #m5 #visionOS #spatialComputing

Buy Apple Vision Pro

Shop Apple Vision Pro with the new powerful M5 chip and comfortable Dual Knit Band. Sign up for an in-store demo. Or shop with a specialist over video.

www.apple.com

John Haney ᯅ @johnhaney.bsky.social · 20d

I’d support this but maybe more practical than making specific examples, it would be awesome if you could “tag” anything which also works on iOS, macOS, and/or tvOS… since we have RealityView on all three of these with tvOS 26.

John Haney ᯅ @johnhaney.bsky.social · 20d

Happy  26.1 beta 3 day, everyone!

iOS, visionOS, watchOS, macOS, tvOS

John Haney ᯅ @johnhaney.bsky.social · 22d

Yep. If you had already downloaded it, you still can access it. It’s removed from the App Store, and no updates are planned.

John Haney ᯅ @johnhaney.bsky.social · 22d

A bit sad to see that Clips is no longer being supported.

support.apple.com/en-us/123359

Save your Clips videos - Apple Support

The Clips app is no longer being updated, and will no longer be available to download as of October 3, 2025. You can continue to use Clips on iOS 26 and iPadOS 26.

support.apple.com

John Haney ᯅ @johnhaney.bsky.social · 24d

Who(m)ever at Apple that made the Xcode 26 Theme preferences where I can just press ⌘-+ or ⌘-- to increase/decrease all of the font sizes at once, you deserve cookies. THANK YOU! I love this little convenience!! 🔨🧑‍💻

John Haney ᯅ @johnhaney.bsky.social · 27d

Happy  26.1 beta 2 day, everyone!

iOS, visionOS, macOS, watchOS, tvOS, and Xcode

John Haney ᯅ @johnhaney.bsky.social · 29d

Probably would be too busy, but what if the days were all mushroom outlined just flat/outlined if none?

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Clare Puffinwalker @puffinwalker.bsky.social · Oct 3

Working with ARKit & imageTrackingProvider on visionOS, anyone knows how many images could be tracked at the same time? From my own test seems only 1 image at a time to detect, & maximumNumberOfTrackedImages not available for visionOS? Any idea to track multi images simultaneously?
#visionOS #iOS

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John Haney ᯅ @johnhaney.bsky.social · Sep 25

Thanks so much! This is merged in and released as 26.0.3

John Haney ᯅ @johnhaney.bsky.social · Sep 23

Xcode 26.1 beta 1 is also available

John Haney ᯅ @johnhaney.bsky.social · Sep 22

Happy  26.1 beta 1 day, everyone!

iOS, visionOS, macOS, watchOS, tvOS, and Xcode 26.0.1

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