Christian Niles

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I’m also really happy with how my session includes guidance for designing great hover effects. This guidance is also available in the latest HIG: https://developer.apple.com/design/human-interface-guidelines/eyes
Eyes | Apple Developer Documentation

In visionOS, people look at a virtual object to identify it as a target they can interact with.

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For more hover effect goodness, the Destination Video sample app includes a variant of the button I build in the session: https://developer.apple.com/documentation/visionos/destination-video
Destination Video | Apple Developer Documentation

Leverage SwiftUI to build an immersive media experience in a multiplatform app.

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Custom hover effects like the expanding tab bar was one of the most requested features from visionOS developers, and I’m so excited to share this new API!

https://developer.apple.com/wwdc24/10152

Create custom hover effects in visionOS - WWDC24 - Videos - Apple Developer

Learn how to develop custom hover effects that update views when people look at them. Find out how to build an expanding button effect...

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@simonbs I hope it matches what you’ve hoped for! And please share the great effects you build.

Custom hover effects in visionOS have been so highly requested that they got their own WWDC session 😄

I've asked engineers at Apple for this on multiple occasions, so I'm happy that it made it into visionOS 2.0 🎉 #wwdc24 https://developer.apple.com/wwdc24/10152

Create custom hover effects in visionOS - WWDC24 - Videos - Apple Developer

Learn how to develop custom hover effects that update views when people look at them. Find out how to build an expanding button effect...

Apple Developer
@dml @amro @stroughtonsmith thanks all! Please share the cool things you make with the API!

⚠️ New in visionOS 2.0, you can create UI that changes when looked at, much like some of the existing system experiences

https://developer.apple.com/videos/play/wwdc2024-10152

Create custom hover effects in visionOS - WWDC24 - Videos - Apple Developer

Learn how to develop custom hover effects that update views when people look at them. Find out how to build an expanding button effect...

Apple Developer
Having fun today supporting @superbetsy and friends at the Developer Center in Cupertino & talking to folks about visionOS and Apple Vision Pro! Come say hi if you’re attending 👋🏻 And if you missed out on this one, consider coming to one of our other activities soon! http://developer.apple.com/events
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Join us around the world for a variety of sessions, labs, and workshops — tailored for you.

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What KINDS of resources you might ask? Well. How about... a bunch of visionOS documentation and four great sample apps? https://developer.apple.com/documentation/visionos
visionOS | Apple Developer Documentation

Create a new universe of apps and games for Apple Vision Pro.

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