RealityKit Pivot Points For the past month and a half, I've been mentoring students in the second Kodeco visionOS Bootcamp. One of the projects submitted involved creating a controllable robotic arm. The challenge was trying to figure out how to rotate or transform the robot arm Entities connected at a joint. The student figured it out eventually (see the links below).The very next day, we discovered that Apple WWDR had published a document and sample code about the new RealityKit 2.0 physics...
9 days ago • 1 min read
Neural Link? Called it! This week Meta introduced their XR Orion glasses. They resemble standard glasses with speakers and batteries in the arms, specially engineered holographic lenses and projectors. Using eye tracking and hand gestures. They are wireless, however users will carry a puck that does the computing and wear a neural link wrist band. I've been joking that the evolution of the Vision Pro will be an implant behind your ear as Apple will project visionOS into your head. Here are...
16 days ago • 1 min read
Hacking on visionOS! Last weekend I was a mentor on the first Vision Hack hackathon organized by Cosmo Scarf, Matt Hoerl, and Brian Boyd. There were 185 participants, from 21 countries, creating 61 visionOS projects and sharing in $2,500 in cash and prizes. Snap rolled out their 5th edition Snap AR Specticals in Santa Monica. "Another step on the evolutionary path of spatial computing with the benefit of no cables and optical seen through HMD AR. The field of view is bigger than the last set....
23 days ago • 1 min read
Welcome to Diff visionOS! Welcome to the first edition of the Diff visionOS newsletter! Whether you're a seasoned developer or just getting started with visionOS, this newsletter brings you a curated collection of resources, tips, and insights to help you craft cutting-edge apps and XR experiences for Apple Vision Pro. From immersive design principles to coding techniques for visionOS, we aim to empower you with the knowledge and tools needed to push the boundaries of what's possible in...
about 1 month ago • 1 min read
Welcome to Diff visionOS! Welcome to the first edition of the Diff visionOS newsletter! Whether you're a seasoned developer or just getting started with visionOS, this newsletter brings you a curated collection of resources, tips, and insights to help you craft cutting-edge apps and XR experiences for Apple Vision Pro. From immersive design principles to coding techniques for visionOS, we aim to empower you with the knowledge and tools needed to push the boundaries of what's possible in...
about 1 month ago • 1 min read