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Joseph Simpson

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Learning, sharing, and teaching visionOS development at Step Into Vision https://stepinto.vision

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Joseph Simpson @vrhermit.com · Aug 17

I can't believe you weirdos don't have all of your failed projects memorialized in a sad tiny graveyard that you can look at on a fake beach in a very expensive headset. Weirdos.

A screenshot of project graveyard on Apple Vision Pro

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Joseph Simpson @vrhermit.com · 11h

Project Graveyard Update: I added a way to select materials and colors based on the type of object we are customizing. I'm going to add new wood and metal materials to use for the new objects.

Joseph Simpson @vrhermit.com · 13h

I have so many examples and articles to write for @stepinto.vision, but honestly the only thing I want to work on right now is Project Graveyard. I want to get as much October energy into the app as I can.

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Snapp Mobile iOS Newsletter @snappiosnewsletter.bsky.social · 1d

🥽 𝐷𝑒𝑒𝑝 𝐷𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑜 𝑀𝑎𝑛𝑖𝑝𝑢𝑙𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑜𝑛 𝑣𝑖𝑠𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑂𝑆 by @vrhermit.com

Explore how 𝑀𝑎𝑛𝑖𝑝𝑢𝑙𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝐶𝑜𝑚𝑝𝑜𝑛𝑒𝑛𝑡 standardizes complex spatial interactions on Apple Vision Pro, enabling pinch gestures, rotation, and scaling for 3D content.

#visionOS #SpatialComputing #RealityKit

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Deep Dive into Manipulation on visionOS

Taking the next step into creating a native input system for Apple Vision Pro.

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Joseph Simpson @vrhermit.com · 1d

It has been 0 days since it was

"Forgot to add initial: true to an onChange modifier"

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elkraneo @elkraneo.bsky.social · 1d

~17 hours until the next Step Into Vision Office Hours.
Every Wednesday at 11:00 CEST, Apple Vision Pro professionals in "nearby" regions connect online to discuss projects, ask questions, and share information.
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About Office Hours

What is Step Into Vision Office Hours?

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Step Into Vision @stepinto.vision · 2d

RealityKit Basics: RealityViewContent

This structure enables a handful of important features. We can work with entities, subscribe to events, call SwiftUI animations, and perform conversions between coordinate spaces.

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RealityKit Basics: RealityViewContent

This structure provides access to entities, subscriptions, animations, and coordinate space conversions.

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Joseph Simpson @vrhermit.com · 3d

iPhone Air has less air than other iPhones

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Joseph Simpson @vrhermit.com · 4d

A few administrative details about the Shared Visions Project.

If you signed up for the Shared Visions Project, you should have received an invite to our Discord server last week. If you didn't, please let me know!

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Starting the Shared Visions Project

Building a community workspace, setting up profiles and roles, and a path forward.

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Joseph Simpson @vrhermit.com · 5d

Twenty-six of my Favorite Features and APIs in visionOS 26
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Building Widgets for visionOS
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Twenty-six of my Favorite Features and APIs in visionOS 26

A rapid-fire tour of some of the awesome things developers can use when building with visionOS 26.

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Joseph Simpson @vrhermit.com · 5d

A weekend Reading List for you from Step Into Vision

Deep Dive into Manipulation on visionOS
stepinto.vision/articles/dee...

Catch up with the latest from Step Into Vision and our community
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Deep Dive into Manipulation on visionOS

Taking the next step into creating a native input system for Apple Vision Pro.

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Joseph Simpson @vrhermit.com · 5d

Reminder: visionOS 26: The MacStories Review was published a couple of weeks ago. This deep dive into visionOS is a must read for anyone working with Apple Vision Pro.

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visionOS 26: The MacStories Review

As Apple’s newest and most cutting-edge platform, visionOS is also the hardest to nail down. Vision Pro as a product is still so nascent that people don’t quite know what to make of it. Is it a VR hea...

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Clare Puffinwalker @puffinwalker.bsky.social · 5d

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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Step Into Vision @stepinto.vision · 5d

Step Into Newsletter -- October 03, 2025

Everything you want to know about Manipulation, animating particles, and community updates.

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Step Into Newsletter – October 03, 2025

Everything you want to know about Manipulation, animating particles, and community updates.

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Joseph Simpson @vrhermit.com · 5d

visionOS Widgets are the best ❤️

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44 visionOS Widgets on Apple Vision Pro You Need to Try!

YouTube video by Justin Ryan ᯅ

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Joseph Simpson @vrhermit.com · 6d

I really have, and there are still huge parts of visionOS that I haven’t touched yet

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Joseph Simpson @vrhermit.com · 6d

Last weekend I recorded a short office tour to show how I'm using Widgets and Pinned Windows in visionOS. youtu.be/ri348ftt74w

Office Tour from Apple Vision Pro (Sep. 26, 2025)

YouTube video by vrhermit

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Joseph Simpson @vrhermit.com · 6d

Soothing Boids by @doomdave.bsky.social

This has been a hard week and Soothing Boids just what I needed. I love how XR can bring us a moment or two of peace when we need it.

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Joseph Simpson @vrhermit.com · 6d

Did you know we can change immersive space style at anytime? I did, but apparently I forgot.

Here we start in mixed, enter progressive, then full. You can see the lighting change when we reach full

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Step Into Vision @stepinto.vision · 6d

We can provide an image that contains a grid of sub-images, and use it to generate animated particles.

#visionOS #RealityKit

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Tim Mitra ᯅ 🇨🇦🇺🇦 @timmitra.bsky.social · 6d

diff visionOS Issue 21 is out.
visionOS 26 features. Shared Visions the movie. Step Into Vision's Office Hours, newsletter and labs. The Green Spurt On App Store. MotoGP Tour De Force must-see Immersive video. The amazeballs Metaballs and Raven vision

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Issue 21: diff visionOS - They're Making a Movie

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Joseph Simpson @vrhermit.com · 6d

You forgot the part where they just turned everything into Copilot

Joseph Simpson @vrhermit.com · 6d

I do this stuff because the main work I do isn't very exciting. It's nice to take an hour or two per day to work on something I care about.

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Joseph Simpson @vrhermit.com · 6d

Another month down! I've continued my streak of publishing something useful for visionOS developers every single day of 2025.

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Decorative graphic depicting the streak over the course of the year

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Joseph Simpson @vrhermit.com · 7d

One of my customers is having a bad day.

Nothing like 120K in failed credit card transactions add a bit of flavor to my day 😬

My job is part software dev and part soothing

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Todd Heberlein @toddheberlein.bsky.social · 7d

Outstanding! Give it a watch.

Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 7d

We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.

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