visionOS 1.1 is now out there.
visionOS is the working system for Apple Imaginative and prescient Professional, and presumably future Imaginative and prescient headsets too. Right this moment it is getting its first vital replace since Imaginative and prescient Professional’s launch on February 2.
The most important enchancment in visionOS 1.1 is to Personas, Apple’s practical digital avatars. Apple says they’ve improved rendering, improved hair and make-up look, improved neck and mouth illustration, and the power to seize Personas hands-free
Beta variations of visionOS 1.1 have been out there since February 6, and testers quickly after shared earlier than and after comparisons of their Persona.
Your Persona additionally drives EyeSight, the rendered view of your higher face proven on the headset’s lenticular entrance show, so this too ought to be improved with visionOS 1.1.
Personas are nonetheless restricted to exhibiting in a 2D digital window nonetheless, as if a webcam view. When first unveiling Imaginative and prescient Professional at WWDC again in June Apple additionally teased Spatial Personas, which exist outdoors home windows to allow digital meetups with a shared coordinate house like present VR avatar techniques, however there isn’t any timeline on this releasing.
In addition to the Persona enhancements, visionOS 1.1 additionally brings the next notable modifications:
- Improved discovery and connection reliability of Mac Digital Show, the function that permits you to pull your Mac’s show out to develop into an enormous floating digital display.
- Volumes, 3D apps and objects that exist within the Shared Area, can now be positioned a lot nearer to you than earlier than.
- Most preinstalled Apple apps can now be uninstalled.
- A notification quantity dot will now present on the Appropriate Apps folder, which accommodates put in iPad and iPhone apps.
- The cursor positioning for textual content enter has been “improved”.
- Cell System Administration (MDM) is now supported to allow system configuration, deployment, and administration for enterprise.
- Wi-Fi networks with captive portals, akin to public networks that require signing up to make use of, are actually formally supported. This consists of accommodations, cafes, and airports.
- Dozens of bug fixes ought to improve polish and stability.
Most of those modifications are enhancements and enhancements, fairly than new main options. Apple often shares particulars of completely new variations of its working techniques at its annual WWDC convention, so it is probably we’ll hear about extra main modifications in retailer for visionOS 2 in June when WWDC 2024 takes place.