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Apple Seeds Fourth Beta of visionOS 2.2 to Developers With Ultrawide Mac Virtual Display

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Apple today seeded the fourth beta of an upcoming visionOS 2.2 update to developers for testing purposes, with the beta coming a week after the third visionOS 2.2 beta.

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visionOS 2.2 can be installed by going to the Software Update section of the Settings app on the Vision Pro and opting into Beta Updates.

The visionOS 2.2 update adds a new feature for the Mac Virtual Display option, allowing it to be set to Wide and Ultrawide. The Ultrawide setting is equivalent to two 4K displays side-by-side, and it is a notable improvement over the current Mac Virtual Display that's available in visionOS 2.1.

The Mac Virtual Display allows the Vision Pro to be connected to a Mac with the Vision Pro serving as the display for the machine. The virtual Mac desktop works just like a standard desktop with an external display, but Vision Pro does not support multiple displays. As a solution, Apple has added the option for a wider display to maximize space.

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zencowboy
23 months ago
Love my Vision Pro!!
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DblHelix
23 months ago

Isn’t this product dead?
Nope. They keep expanding countries they are selling it in.
Score: 10 Votes (Like | Disagree)
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Polinsky
23 months ago

Isn’t this product dead?
I simply don't understand. Every single time there is a new AVP thread, you guys need to express the same old hatred for it and the people who purchased it. Exactly what is the motivation for doing this?
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clary
23 months ago

Isn’t this product dead?
Just say you can't afford it.
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axantas
23 months ago

Isn’t this product dead?
No, but threads about it are constantly full of useless messages of users, who do not own one, but want to comment it.
Get a Google Cardboard: Much lighter, less expensive, no heavy battery, absolutely future proof (just change the phone...)



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epheterson
23 months ago
Mac Virtual Display ('https://developer.apple.com/documentation/visionos-release-notes/visionos-2_2-release-notes#Mac-Virtual-Display')
Resolved Issues ('https://developer.apple.com/documentation/visionos-release-notes/visionos-2_2-release-notes#Resolved-Issues')

* Fixed: Playing videos in Firefox does not work while using Mac Virtual Display with Vision Pro speakers. (138642255)
* Fixed: If you are not using the default Mac display resolution, the Mac Virtual Display window might get stuck when changing its aspect ratio. (139087505)

Siri ('https://developer.apple.com/documentation/visionos-release-notes/visionos-2_2-release-notes#Siri')
Known Issues ('https://developer.apple.com/documentation/visionos-release-notes/visionos-2_2-release-notes#Known-Issues')

* Siri does not work on the simulator. (139096339)
Workaround: Develop and test applications using Siri on a device or use a previous visionOS SDK.

SwiftUI ('https://developer.apple.com/documentation/visionos-release-notes/visionos-2_2-release-notes#SwiftUI')
Resolved Issues ('https://developer.apple.com/documentation/visionos-release-notes/visionos-2_2-release-notes#Resolved-Issues')

* Fixed: Compiling in the Swift 6 language mode might cause an @Entry error due to “static property defaultValue is not concurrency-safe because non-‘Sendable’ type”. (133885814)
* Fixed: Views won’t accept dropped directories if UTType.directory ('https://developer.apple.com/documentation/uniformtypeidentifiers/uttype-swift.struct/directory') or UTType.fileURL ('https://developer.apple.com/documentation/uniformtypeidentifiers/uttype-swift.struct/fileurl') are not in the list of accepted content types for drop. (138158126)

TabletopKit ('https://developer.apple.com/documentation/visionos-release-notes/visionos-2_2-release-notes#TabletopKit')
New Features ('https://developer.apple.com/documentation/visionos-release-notes/visionos-2_2-release-notes#New-Features')

* Direct manipulation allows a user to pick up equipment up close and move it in a way that naturally follows their hands. (138592898)
* Local handoff allows a user to hand off equipment from one hand to the other without releasing the equipment. (138854913)

Resolved Issues ('https://developer.apple.com/documentation/visionos-release-notes/visionos-2_2-release-notes#Resolved-Issues')

* Fixed: The existing API tabletopGame(_ game, parent, automaticUpdate, interaction) is erroneously annotated as @available(visionOS, introduced: 2.2), which causes an existing app that uses it to stop compiling, unless the deployment target is bumped to visionOS 2.2. (139018795)

Unity Applications ('https://developer.apple.com/documentation/visionos-release-notes/visionos-2_2-release-notes#Unity-Applications')
Known Issues ('https://developer.apple.com/documentation/visionos-release-notes/visionos-2_2-release-notes#Known-Issues')

* Some Unity applications might render incorrectly. The content might swim more than expected and appear stretched. (139384386)
Workaround: Rebuild with Unity release 1.2.3 or later.



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