Apple futuristic Pro vision The helmet reached the bar of one year, but during this first year, it was always as if it was miss certain key features. Now Apple addresses some of these features, at least in small steps, with Visionos 2.4. Apple Intelligence finally arrives on Vision Pro, as well as certain connected applications and features in guest mode for iPhones and iPads.
The new update of the operating system can be tested in a beta version of developer arriving today, but the official update of the operating system has not arrived before April. I have been waiting for these new features for a while.
Apple Intelligence Maybe the new most flash functionality Visual intelligence Multimodal features like those Google Gemini will flex On Android XR. But this should at least be a foot in the door to more AI to be added over time. I am happier than the pro vision works better with iPhones and iPads. Not necessarily in any way I want, but a new application and a feature in guest mode must give the headset access functions that Meta’s quest helmet has for years.
Genmoji (and other Apple intelligence tools) come to Vision Pro, but not to visual intelligence.
Apple Intelligence: text and image tools, but not yet a visual intelligence or a new Siri
The features of Apple Intelligence coming to Vision Pro are familiar; They mainly reflect what is already on Mac, iPhones and iPads. Their arrival is late: I was waiting for it last year. The writing tools, a mode integrated into several applications, are back to summarize or generate text. There are messages of messages and the Chatppt can be invoked for additional assistance. There is a generative AI Genmoji d’Apple, which makes emoji on demand, and an image playground, which makes 2D images. None of these elements will generate anything in 3D on vision pro … Not yet. And the functionality of Apple AI-Aii movies, which can generate photo and video galleries on demand, will not yet show 3D “space” movies or photos. It is a disappointment.
However, the missing big thing is Visual intelligence. The AI functions compatible with Apple’s camera on iPhones, which are summoned using the camera button, scan the world and search or identify what is in sight. Visual intelligence would make sense to Vision Pro, which is literally a giant portable display with treated world vision cameras everywhere. Currently, however, there is no visual intelligence functionality in the mixture. Or New Siri, by the way. Siri reworked from Apple should be part of iOS 18.4, but it will not be on the pro vision with this update of the operating system.
Google, meanwhile, already integrates a gemini assisted by the multimodal camera in Android XRApparently about to be available on the first day of the release of this operating system.
Apple could still introduce visual intelligence later this year. This is a likely candidate for Visionos 3, which should be announced at the Apple WWDC developer conference, generally held in June. But, at least, Apple Intelligence arriving on Vision Pro – as Apple has already indicated – shows that the current material can do more than Apple has not allowed.
To guide people through vision pro experiences will be easier with better iPhone and iPad experience controls.
A vision pro telephone application and a guest mode at remote sensing
I was frustrated that the pro vision never had a good working relationship, or even a connection with iPhones. Meta quest headsets have had applications for phones for years that can travel and remote control applications on the helmet, synchronize telephone notifications and remote quest helmets to help people demonstrate applications while you look Their experience on your phone screen.
Apple adds a lot of this with Visionos 2.4 and iOS 18.4. A late Vision Pro IPhone application allows you to download remote control applications and discover future experiences on Visionos. The application will also store details on the inserts of the helmet and prescription lenses. According to Apple, the application automatically appears on your iPhone with iOS 18.4 if you have a professional vision, but can also be downloaded from the App Store.
There is also a new experience in guest mode to share the helmet. The current Apple process is weird and clumsy, and that doesn’t allow you to observe what’s going on in your mind to help you. The new mode comes into play when someone else puts on the helmet, and your nearby iPhone or iPad has a button to start a connection. He has an application selector that will make some movies or applications appear on the helmet, and he starts an Airplay flow to watch everything your guest does so that you can guide them.
It is a bit strange that the new host experience is not launched from the Vision Pro application, and at the moment, the application will not allow you to launch remotely or suspend applications; It is a passive ventilation flow. But again, it is a start – and it seems much better than what the pro vision had previously.
A 3D video application called space gallery
Apple also presents a new curious application called Spatial Gallery, which is described as an organized showcase of 3D photos and videos with a shooting using the iPhone “Spatial” capture format. The application looks like a way to find another 3D content to look in the pro vision, which is strange because Apple has already optimistic but slowly presented its 3D immersive video format at 180 degrees in the helmet.
It is probably a question of saying that the production of immersive video content is faced with a bottleneck. It is an expensive format to shoot and edit, requiring very Specific high -end cameras. Meanwhile, with more basic 3D videos shot on an iPhone or other cameras and edited with some applications that support spatial video editing (Final Cut Pro, Davinci Resolve), it seems that Apple divides the difference To offer more pro-IT vision experiences to vision as quickly as possible.
In an ideal world, the future probably involves iPhone cameras developing better immersive 3D capture formats to make more impressive content for VR. The present, however, is divided between phones with a passable 3D capture and high -end professional cameras developing a different level. I prefer to see Apple making new investments in useful immersive applications, but it seems that space video will be the most feasible content of Apple in the short term.
