We’re still months away from shelling out $3,500 for an Apple Vision Pro. But if you absolutely can’t wait and you own a Meta Quest Pro, you can get an idea of what the interface of Apple’s mixed reality headset will look like.
With its Nova UI framework, Supernova Technologies has built a visionOS simulation that can run on the Quest Pro. It doesn’t do much, however. It uses eye tracking, which means it requires Meta’s Quest Pro, and you can swipe between screens with your fingers, but that’s all it really does. None of the app icons are real or functional. See the video below.
During the demo, after stepping through the simulated visionOS screens, the user swipes down to reveal a gray control panel. It’s not part of visionOS, it’s a set of controls for Nova UI.
Supernova has made the demo available to the public, so if you’re savvy enough to implement it, you can download the Vision OS demo from GitHub.
Apple has released a visionOS Software Development Kit for anyone interested in building apps for the Vison Pro. Labs are coming to Cupertino, London, Munich, Shanghai, Singapore and Tokyo so developers can test apps and get support from Apple engineers. Apple will also provide dev kits (which include a Vision Pro) in the future. Currently, developers can run visionOS simulations in Xcode.
Our Apple Vision Pro guide has everything users need to know about Apple’s headset.
