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👨🏫 Always learning — currently #SwiftLang, Photogrammetry, Spatial & Immersive Filmmaking 🎥
📝 Writing and making videos about #Apple #VisionPro, spatial computing and immersive experiences 🥽 (petition for an actual VR headset emoji, c’mon people seriously!)
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Attached: 1 video visionOS 26 brings supports for sharing spatial SharePlay experiences with people you're nearby with. Even better, you can use FaceTime to add remote participants who appear with their spatial Persona! It has been an absolute thrill to work on the team bringing this feature to life. https://developer.apple.com/documentation/groupactivities/configure-your-app-for-sharing-with-people-nearby #visionOS #wwdc25 #SharePlay
Apple makes a lot of #iPhone apps – more than 2 home screens' worth now! I spent way too long laying them out like this, and this isn't all of them…
These icons have (all?) been updated in the first developer beta of #ios26
Which are your favourites?
…and which of these new icons should they revisit?
Step Into Newsletter - June 13, 2025
WWDC was awesome for visionOS, community events, and a call for resources.
https://stepinto.vision/articles/step-into-newsletter-june-13-2025/
The more I learn about atmospheric chemistry, the more terrified and angry I am about satellite companies' blatant lack of consideration for how their actions will harm the atmosphere. I hope this gets a lot of press. Great work by a whole team of scientists, including @astrokiwi.bsky.social!
Rocket emissions thin the stratospheric ozone layer. To understand if significant ozone losses could occur as the launch industry grows, we examine two scenarios. Our ‘ambitious’ scenario (2040 launches/year) yields a −0.29% depletion in annual-mean, near-global total column ozone in 2030. Antarctic springtime ozone decreases by 3.9%. Our ‘conservative’ scenario (884 launches/year) yields −0.17% annual, near-global depletion; current licensing rates suggest this scenario may be exceeded before 2030. Ozone losses are driven by the chlorine produced from solid rocket motor propellant, and black carbon which is emitted from most propellants. The ozone layer is slowly healing from the effects of CFCs, yet global-mean ozone abundances are still 2% lower than measured prior to the onset of CFC-induced ozone depletion. Our results demonstrate that ongoing and frequent rocket launches could delay ozone recovery. Action is needed now to ensure that future growth of the launch industry and ozone protection are mutually sustainable.
So the first/early widgets in (the developer beta of) #visionOS26 are frikkin’ AWESOME already.
Game-changing! 🥰
🤔 Let’s see if all of them (music poster, calendar, clock, weather, battery status, spatial photo gallery, overcast, ivory… yes I got a bit carried away!) are still where I’ve placed them tonight, after I wake up in 8-9 hours…
(to be continued!) 🙂
Nicely customisable widgets on #VisionPro that stay wherever you put them in your space — even after a restart — will actually make me want to use them! How ‘bout that?!
Seriously, always needing to reposition windows in #VisionOS up to now has been unnecessarily tedious for a #spatial OS 🥱
Progress! 👏
The updated #spatial personas in #visionOS26 are looking 🔥 too…
Wonder of Science
DTrasler Writing
Daring Fireball
Joseph Simpson
Prof. Sam Lawler