VisionOS SDK

The VisionOS SDK is a set of development tools that allows you to create spatial experiences on the VisionOS platform. It provides frameworks and APIs to build apps and games, design immersive interfaces, and test and optimize your content.

RealityKit

RealityKit is a powerful 3D rendering engine by Apple that is integrated with SwiftUI to help build sharp, responsive, and volumetric interfaces in your VisionOS apps. It offers features like dynamic lighting, shadow casting, and portal creation, allowing you to create stunning and immersive experiences.

ARKit

ARKit is a framework that enables augmented reality experiences on VisionOS. It allows your apps to understand and interact with the real-world environment, providing features like plane estimation, scene reconstruction, image anchoring, and hand tracking. ARKit seamlessly blends virtual content with the real world to create engaging VisionOS experiences.

SwiftUI

SwiftUI is a user interface framework that simplifies the process of building apps for VisionOS. It allows you to create visually appealing and interactive interfaces for windows, volumes, and spatial experiences. SwiftUI integrates with other frameworks like RealityKit and UIKit, making it easy to build apps that leverage the full potential of VisionOS.

UIKit

UIKit is a framework for building user interfaces on Apple platforms, including VisionOS. It provides a wide range of tools and components for creating interactive and visually rich apps. UIKit can be used alongside SwiftUI to design apps that take advantage of VisionOS features while maintaining compatibility with older iOS and iPadOS versions.

SceneKit

SceneKit is a high-level 3D graphics framework that allows you to create 3D scenes and animations for VisionOS apps. It provides a comprehensive set of tools for rendering, physics simulation, and animation, making it easier to build immersive and visually appealing experiences.

Reality Composer Pro

Reality Composer Pro is a tool integrated with Xcode that enables you to create and preview 3D content for VisionOS apps. It supports importing and organizing assets like 3D models, materials, and sounds. With Reality Composer Pro, you can build process, preview and optimize your visionOS assets in order to compose and optimize immersive content for your VisionOS projects.

USDZ File Format

USDZ is a file format optimized for augmented reality and 3D content on Apple platforms, including VisionOS. It allows you to store and exchange 3D models, animations, and materials with support for advanced features like realistic rendering and physics simulation. USDZ files can be easily integrated into VisionOS apps for immersive experiences.

Xcode

Xcode is the integrated development environment (IDE) for creating apps on Apple platforms, including VisionOS. It provides a complete set of tools, including code editing, debugging, testing, and asset management. Xcode also includes the VisionOS Simulator, which allows you to evaluate your apps in various simulated room layouts and lighting conditions.

TestFlight

TestFlight is a platform for beta testing and distributing apps before they are released on the App Store. It allows you to invite users to test your VisionOS apps and collect valuable feedback. TestFlight for VisionOS specifically enables you to test your spatial computing apps and ensure they work well in immersive environments.

Unity

Mobile, console, desktop, and virtual reality platforms all use Unity. It's a cross-platform game engine with a component-oriented design and support for a wide range of platforms, technologies, and APIs. It's used to create interactive simulations and 2D and 3D games by developers

Swift

Swift is a versatile, multi-paradigm, compiled programming language created by Apple and the open-source community. Swift is a substitute to the Objective-C language that employs contemporary programming-language theory concepts and endeavors to present a simpler syntax.