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Issue 5: diff visionOS

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Submersed In Immersive

On Oct 10, 2024, Apple released Submersed on Apple TV+, a film made for the Apple Vision Pro. It tells a short story of young sailors on a submarine in WWII, which is under attack. While the audience for this film is currently small, the film represents the future of immersive story telling. I watched it when it premiered and can tell you it's unlike any other motion picture I've ever seen - and I've seen a lot. It's an amazing experience, with spatial audio effects, and a nearly first person experience. You can look around while the actors play in front of you, and the submarine starts to sink.

Check out The Making of Submerged | Apple Vision Pro for the behind the scenes details. You can watch/experience the film on the TV app on your Vision Pro.

This week, I also met Shahdt Medalian, Chief Architect at AdXR.io, which is the first Spacial Advertising ™ platform. As I understand it, AdXR provides an SDK that developers can use to supply ads for Vision Pro, from advertisers who plan to cater to spacial computing. Developer applications are now open. (This issue is not sponsored by AdXR.)

Here's great write up by Anthony Maës on what was shared by Apple at their recent Vision Pro day and the Developer Center.
​SwiftUI tips & Immersive Video scoops: what I learned from a Vision Pro daytrip to Apple HQ​

See you in the future!

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