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The Vision ProFiles gang talks about iRacing on AVP, this week's news, and some fun new apps.

FEATURED TOPIC: iRacing Comes to Apple Vision Pro
iRacing for Apple Vision Pro Now Available
https://www.iracing.com/iracing-for-apple-vision-pro-now-available/
iRacing Arrives on Vision Pro with 'Immersion and Fidelity Never Before Seen in Sim Racing' (9to5Mac)
https://9to5mac.com/2026/05/12/iracing-on-vision-pro-bringing-immersion-and-fidelity-never-before-seen-in-sim-racing/
iRacing Apple Vision Pro App: Requirements, Features, and Limitations (Virtual Reality News)
https://virtual.reality.news/news/iracing-apple-vision-pro-app-requirements-features-and-limitations/
iRacing Is Now on Vision Pro, But You'll Need a Hefty PC to Play It (Engadget)
https://www.engadget.com/2171489/iracing-is-now-on-vision-pro-but-youll-need-a-hefty-pc-to-play-it/
Apple Vision Pro's Killer Gaming App Is Here — It's Just Too Bad Barely Anyone Will Get to Play It (The Shortcut)
https://www.theshortcut.com/p/apple-vision-pros-killer-gaming-app-is-here-its-just-too-bad-barely-anyone-will-get-to-play-it
Apple Vision Pro in iRacing: Is It Worth $3,500 for Sim Racing? (BoxThisLap)
https://boxthislap.org/apple-vision-pro-in-iracing-is-it-worth-3500-for-sim-racing/
iRacing Is Now Available on Apple Vision Pro (iRacerHUB.com)
https://iracerhub.com/iracing-apple-vision-pro-available/
AVP on iRacing — Review Thread (Reddit r/VisionPro)
https://www.reddit.com/r/VisionPro/comments/1tb3bdg/avp_on_iracing_review/
iRacing on Apple Vision Pro — Video Demo (YouTube)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=enqdM07RP4Y

WWDC JUNE 8th
https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2026/05/apple-kicks-off-worldwide-developers-conference-on-june-8/

SNL SET 360 video - Godzilla
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=enqdM07RP4Y
visionOS 26.5 Bug Fix Update Is Here for Apple Vision Pro Users (AppleInsider)
https://appleinsider.com/articles/26/05/11/visionos-265-bug-fix-update-is-here-for-apple-vision-pro-users
visionOS 27 Vision Pro Upgrades: 4 Key Areas to Watch (Virtual Reality News)
https://virtual.reality.news/news/visionos-27-vision-pro-upgrades-4-key-areas-to-watch/
Apple Will Delay Next Vision Pro Headset Release by Years (TweakTown)
https://www.tweaktown.com/news/111567/apple-will-delay-next-vision-pro-headset-release-by-years/index.html
Apple Vision Pro Future Explained: Platform Pivot or Slow Exit? (Virtual Reality News)
https://virtual.reality.news/news/apple-vision-pro-future-explained-platform-pivot-or-slow-exit/
Streamable 4D Gaussian Splatting Brings Life-Sized Volumetric Performers to Apple Vision Pro (VP-Land)
https://www.vp-land.com/p/streamable-4d-gaussian-splatting-brings-life-sized-volumetric-performers-to-apple-vision-pro
Any Freight Brokers Actually Using the Apple Vision Pro? (Reddit r/FreightBrokers)
https://www.reddit.com/r/FreightBrokers/comments/1te6w43/any_freight_brokers_actually_using_the_apple/

APPS
iVRy
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/ivry/id1210129937
Arluma
https://arlumastudios.com/
Socially Spatial
https://www.sociallyspatial.com/
TiiHub
https://tiihub.com/
Horizon 360° v2.0 now supports SharePlay!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9CmRpNEM3A
Image View 360
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/image-view-360/id6768980652
Spatial Ops
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/spatial-ops-campaign-edition/id6742558471

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Marty, Eric and Dave talk about how the tables have turned on the early death stories on the Apple Vision Pro.

visionOS 27 — A WWDC Preview
visionOS 27 Will Bring These New Vision Pro Upgrades — Report (9to5Mac)
https://9to5mac.com/2026/05/11/visionos-27-will-bring-these-new-vision-pro-upgrades-report/

NEWS
Daring Fireball: Tahoe's UI Issues Have Nothing to Do With Display Technology, and Maybe, Just Maybe, We Should Stop Assuming Gurman Knows Anything About Apple's Vision Hardware Roadmap

The Big Debate: Vision Pro — Paused, Pivoting, or Persisting?
Apple Has Given Up on the Vision Pro After M5 Refresh Flop (MacRumors)
https://www.macrumors.com/2026/04/29/apple-vision-pro-m5-flop/
Apple 'Halts' Work on Apple Vision Pro as Teams Shift Focus (The Apple Post)
https://www.theapplepost.com/2026/05/06/70641/apple-halts-work-on-apple-vision-pro-as-teams-shift-focus-report-claims/
Apple's Lack of a Cheaper Headset May Be Behind the Reported Vision Pro Pause (The Apple Post)
https://www.theapplepost.com/2026/05/06/70644/apples-lack-of-a-cheaper-headset-may-be-behind-reported-apple-vision-pro-pause/
Gurman: New Apple Vision Pro Won't Arrive for at Least Two Years (MacRumors)
https://www.macrumors.com/2026/05/11/new-vision-pro-wont-arrive-at-least-two-years/
New Apple Vision Pro Release Date: Why a True Successor Is Years Away (Virtual Reality News)
https://virtual.reality.news/news/new-apple-vision-pro-release-date-why-a-true-successor-is-years-away/

Pushing Back: Defending Vision Pro's Future
Not Dead Yet: Apple Vision Still Has a Future (AppleInsider)
https://appleinsider.com/articles/26/05/10/not-dead-yet-apple-vision-still-has-a-future
Mark Gurman Has Been Burying the Apple Vision Pro Since Before It Shipped — I'm Out of Patience (Front Row)
https://www.frontrow.co/blog/mark-gurman-has-been-burying-the-apple-vision-pro-since-before-it-shipped-im-out-of-patience
Mark Gurman: I'm Right and Horace Dediu Is Wrong About Apple Vision Pro (Philip Elmer-DeWitt / ped30)
https://www.ped30.com/2026/05/10/apple-vision-gurman-dediu/
Interesting Piece on Vision Pro Reportage — Community Discussion (Reddit r/virtualreality)
https://www.reddit.com/r/virtualreality/comments/1t645lc/interesting_piece_on_vision_pro_reportage_arguing/

Community: Living With Vision Pro
Honestly, Apple Vision Pro Environments Make [Reality] Better (Reddit r/AR_MR_XR)
https://www.reddit.com/r/AR_MR_XR/comments/1t7zn7e/honestly_apple_vision_pro_environments_make/
I Spent a Month Filming Europe in 8K VR180 Just for Apple Vision Pro (Reddit r/virtualreality)
https://www.reddit.com/r/virtualreality/comments/1t88stj/i_spent_a_month_filming_europe_in_8k_vr180_just/

Sim Racing Meets Spatial Computing
Apple Vision Pro Enters the Mixed-Reality Racing Arena (Reddit r/simracing)
https://www.reddit.com/r/simracing/comments/1t92qn6/apple_vision_pro_enters_the_mixedrealityracing/

Competitor Watch: Samsung's Adaptive AR Patent
Samsung Patents an AR Feature That Fixes the Apple Vision Pro Isolation Problem (SammyGuru)
https://sammyguru.com/samsung-patents-ar-feature-that-fixes-apple-vision-pro-problem/
PatentlyApple: New Apple Spatial Computing Patent Filing (X / PatentlyApple)
https://x.com/PatentlyApple/status/2052407338318086506

Healthcare: Apple Vision Pro Enters a Formal Clinical Trial
Clinical Study: Evaluation of Head Mounted Spatial Computing in Ocular Microsurgery (ClinicalTrials.gov — NCT07573748)
https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT07573748

Apps
Retrocade — Tetris and 12 Classic Arcade Games Now on Apple Vision Pro (Apple Arcade / BleedingCool)
https://bleedingcool.com/games/tetris-classic-arcade-games-added-to-apple-vision-pro-retrocade/

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Vision ProFiles gang talks about reports that the Vision Pro is a dead product yet with all indications of support.

visionOS 26.5 Beta Release Notes (Apple Developer)
https://developer.apple.com/documentation/visionos-release-notes/visionos-26_5-release-notes

Is Vision Pro Dead?
Apple Has Given Up on Vision Pro (MacDailyNews)
https://macdailynews.com/2026/04/30/apple-has-given-up-on-tim-cooks-flop-apple-vision-pro/
5 Reasons Why Vision Pro Failed (BGR)
https://www.bgr.com/2161981/why-apple-vision-pro-failed/
Apple Vision Pro: Alive or Dead? (Mac Power Users Forum)
https://talk.macpowerusers.com/t/apple-may-have-pulled-the-plug-on-vision-pro/45394/11
Vision Pro: Still the Coolest Hardware Apple Ever Built (TechRadar)
https://technewstube.com/techradar/1828254/know-vision-pro-alive-dead-still-sophisticated/
Vision Pro Isn't Dead — Ternus Talk, AI Rumors (AppleInsider)
https://appleinsider.com/articles/26/05/01/apple-vision-pro-isnt-dead-ternus-talk-ai-rumors-on-the-appleinsider-podcast
Apple Execs Echo Oculus Head's Vision Pro Concerns (PhoneArena)
https://www.phonearena.com/news/vision-pro-apple-executives-echo-sentiment-by-former-head-of-oculus_id180057
Apple's Generational Fumble with Vision Pro (PhoneArena)
https://www.phonearena.com/news/apples-generational-fumble-with-vision-pro-is-one-for-the-history-books_id180074
Mark Gurman on Vision Pro's Status (X)
https://x.com/markgurman/status/2050251764092539362
In Defense of Vision Pro
Why Vision Pro Is Actually Worth It (9to5Mac / YouTube)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g7mhDp0SDzU

Healthcare
First Cataract Surgery Using Vision Pro (Pulse 2.0)
https://pulse2.com/sightmds-dr-eric-rosenberg-becomes-first-surgeon-to-perform-cataract-surgery-using-apple-vision-pro-mixed-reality/
Vision Pro Used for Hundreds of Cataract Surgeries (AppleInsider)
https://appleinsider.com/articles/26/04/28/apple-vision-pro-used-for-hundreds-of-cataract-surgeries-in-the-last-year
Vision Pro Cataract Use Growing, Patient Benefits Unproven (VR News)
https://virtual.reality.news/news/apple-vision-pro-cataract-surgery-use-is-growing-but-patient-benefits-unproven/

Apple Glasses
Apple Glasses May Support Vision Pro-Style Gestures (9to5Mac)
https://9to5mac.com/2026/04/30/sketchy-rumor-suggests-apple-glasses-will-support-vision-pro-style-hand-gestures/

Gaming
Tetris on Retrocade for Vision Pro (AppleInsider)
https://appleinsider.com/articles/26/04/30/tetris-falls-into-place-on-retrocade-for-the-apple-vision-pro
Resolution Games CEO on Vision Pro Gaming (Newsweek)
https://www.newsweek.com/entertainment/video-games/interview-resolution-games-ceo-tommy-palm-apple-vision-pro-11894868

Community & Creative
Vision Pro Airline Travel Tips (MacRumors)
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/apple-vision-pro-airline-travel-question.2481838/
Best Vision Pro Accessories Guide (Cult of Mac)
https://www.cultofmac.com/buying-guides/vision-pro-accessories
Vision Pro–Inspired iPhone Lock Screen Wallpapers (iDownloadBlog)
https://www.idownloadblog.com/2026/04/29/vision-pro-design-ios-lock-screen-wallpaper/
ZOME Spatial Wearable Interface for Vision Pro (EIN Presswire)
https://media.einnews.com/pr_news/909273670/zome-releases-a-full-spatial-wearable-interface-for-apple-vision-pro-designed-by-hussein-chalayan
Blender CloudXR on Apple Vision Pro (BlenderArtists)
https://blenderartists.org/t/blender-cloudxr-capability-showcase-on-apple-vision-pro/1639695

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Marty, Dave and Eric discuss this week's news some Vision Pro apps where you don't want to look down.

Apple Leadership:
Ternus on Apple Vision Pro (9to5Mac)
https://9to5mac.com/2026/04/23/john-ternus-explains-what-he-thinks-of-apple-vision-pro/
New Apple CEO Reportedly Bearish on Vision Pro (Road to VR)
https://www.roadtovr.com/apple-new-ceo-bearish-on-vision-pro/
Vision Pro's Indecisive Leadership — How It Could Change (9to5Mac)
https://9to5mac.com/2026/04/25/vision-pro-improvements-under-new-leadership-john-ternus/
Vision Pro Creator Mike Rockwell Has Considered Leaving Apple (Bloomberg)
https://appleday.org/vision-pro-creator-considered-leaving-apple/
Joseph Simpson on Vision Pro Development (Good VR Podcast)
https://www.goodvirtualreality.com/p/joseph-simpson-steps-into-apple-vision

Hollywood & Filmmaking:
Jon Favreau Used Vision Pro Filming 'The Mandalorian & Grogu'
https://www.roadtovr.com/star-wars-jon-favreau-apple-vision-pro/
Vision Pro Transforms Star Wars Filmmaking Costs (TUAW)
https://onenewspage.com/n/Technology/1ztf28o4ty/Apple-Vision-Pro-Transforms-Star-Wars-Filmmaking-Costs.htm

Apple Smart Glasses
Apple's Smart Glasses Aim at Meta's Ray-Bans (Geeky Gadgets)
https://www.geeky-gadgets.com/apple-glasses-airpods-audio/

Healthcare & Wellness
Siemens Healthineers Launches Cinematic Reality for Vision Pro
https://www.siemens-healthineers.com/press/releases/cinematic-reality-applevisionpro
Vision Pro Mindfulness for Pain and Anxiety in Hospital Patient (Cureus)
https://www.cureus.com/articles/373238-utilizing-apple-vision-pro-for-mindfulness-intervention-to-reduce-pain-and-anxiety-in-a-hospitalized-patient-with-mixed-connective-tissue-disease-a-case-report

Gaming & Mixed Reality
Spatial Ops: Campaign Edition Launches on Vision Pro (GamesBeat)
https://gamesbeat.com/resolution-games-launches-spatial-ops-on-apple-vision-pro/
Spatial Ops on Vision Pro — Developer Details (XR Source)
https://xrsource.net/11872/spatial-ops-campaign-edition-blasts-onto-apple-vision-pro/
Asobi Spatial Edition 2D/3D Update (Reddit r/VisionPro)
https://www.reddit.com/r/VisionPro/comments/1sud7r1/asobi_spatial_edition_2d3d_spatial_update_is_out/
Playing Nintendo Switch on Vision Pro — User Guide (Reddit r/VisionPro)
https://www.reddit.com/r/VisionPro/comments/1svode9/idiots_guide_for_playing_nintendo_switch_on/

PC VR Streaming:
KRVR — Native PCVR Streaming for Vision Pro (krvr.app)
https://krvr.app/
X-Plane 12 on Vision Pro with KRVR Passthrough Demo (YouTube)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E6eHpBXaNdQ
Foveated Streaming on visionOS 26.4 vs. ALVR (YouTube)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EohGugdFyk4
iVRy Beta / AppDriver for Vision Pro Updated (Reddit r/VisionPro)
https://www.reddit.com/r/VisionPro/comments/1sua5t6/ivry_beta_appdriver_for_visionpro_updated/

Tips, Tricks & User Creations
Streamable Volumetric Video on Vision Pro (Reddit r/VisionPro)
https://www.reddit.com/r/VisionPro/comments/1st6oyj/streamable_volumetric_video_is_here_on_apple/
Elevated New York on Vision Pro — Worth $3 (Reddit r/VisionPro)
https://www.reddit.com/r/VisionPro/comments/1stp1dx/elevated_new_york_got_me_nostalgicso_i_dropped_3/
WeCrEat Laser Cutter + Vision Pro Passthrough (Reddit r/lasercutting)
https://www.reddit.com/r/lasercutting/comments/1swfl7l/wecreat_vision_pro_pass_through_feeder/
360° Spatial Multimodal AI on Vision Pro (Reddit r/ArtificialIntelligence)
https://www.reddit.com/r/ArtificialInteligence/comments/1ss4520/worlds_first_ever_full_360_spatial_multimodel_ai/

Developer & Design
Recreating Apple's Vision Pro Animation in CSS (CSS-Tricks)
https://css-tricks.com/recreating-apples-vision-pro-animation-in-css/

Apps
SpaceRay — Convert 3D Video to Spatial Video (jamdillo.com)
https://jamdillo.com/spaceray/
Spatial Film — App Store
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/spatial-film/id6670564820

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The usual Vision ProFiles group celebrate 100 episodes with drop in guests Chuck Joiner, Jeff Gamet, Chris Wesselman, Guy Serle, Brett Canedy, & Cindy Rotz. Oh yeah, was also get to some Apple news.

BREAKING: Apple Leadership Transition
Tim Cook to Become Apple Executive Chairman; John Ternus to Become Apple CEO
https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2026/04/tim-cook-to-become-apple-executive-chairman-john-ternus-to-become-apple-ceo/

BETA VisionOS 26.5 beta 3
https://developer.apple.com/documentation/visionos/visionos-26_5-release-notes

Immersive Video — New Content
Apple Takes Vision Pro Users to New York City in New 'Elevated' Immersive Video
https://www.iclarified.com/100588/apple-takes-vision-pro-users-to-new-york-city-in-new-elevated-immersive-video
How Apple Vision Pro Was Used to Help Make the Next Star Wars Movie
https://9to5mac.com/2026/04/20/apple-vision-pro-used-to-help-make-next-star-wars-movie-the-mandalorian-grogu/

Cameras & Live Immersive Production
Blackmagic Debuts $29K+ URSA Cine Immersive 100G for Vision Pro
https://www.macrumors.com/2026/04/14/blackmagic-29k-ursa-cine-immersive-100g-vision-pro/
Vision Pro Could Ramp Up Live Immersive Video Soon as New Camera Arrives
https://9to5mac.com/2026/04/14/vision-pro-could-ramp-up-live-immersive-video-soon-as-new-camera-arrives/

Content Production Safety — A Difficult Story
Pilot Killed During Apple Immersive Video Shoot (Cult of Mac)
https://www.cultofmac.com/news/pilot-killed-during-apple-immersive-video-shoot
Safety Concerns Were Reported to Apple Before Pilot Killed During Vision Pro Filming
https://9to5mac.com/2026/04/16/safety-concerns-were-reported-to-apple-before-pilot-killed-during-vision-pro-filming/

Apps & Gaming
Valve's Steam Link App Is Coming to Apple Vision Pro
https://www.macrumors.com/2026/04/13/valve-steam-link-apple-vision-pro/
Apple Releases Revamped Business App with Apple Vision Pro Support
https://9to5mac.com/2026/04/14/apple-releases-revamped-business-app-with-apple-vision-pro-support/
I Built a Multimodel AI App and Launched It on Vision Pro (Reddit / r/OpenAI)
https://www.reddit.com/r/OpenAI/comments/1skpeem/i_built_a_multimodel_ai_app_and_launched_it_on/
Spatial Station Is Gone (Reddit / r/VisionPro)
https://www.reddit.com/r/VisionPro/comments/1sl6eq0/spatial_station_is_gone/

Vision Pro in the Real World
Sharp HealthCare Launches New Apple Vision Pro Study in Eye Microsurgery
https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/sharp-healthcare-launches-new-apple-vision-pro-study-in-eye-microsurgery-302742869.html
Lawyer Vision Pro Stories: Edward Fogarty
https://www.iphonejd.com/iphone_jd/2026/03/lawyer-vision-pro-stories-edward-fogarty.html
Slopegraide Launches Revolutionary Putting Simulator for Apple Vision Pro: Dream Putt
https://thegolfwire.com/slopegraide-putting-simulator

The Big Picture — Perspectives & What's Next
Apple Targets 2027 Smart Glasses Launch as It Pivots From Vision Pro to AI Wearables
https://www.tekedia.com/apple-targets-2027-smart-glasses-launch-as-it-pivots-from-vision-pro-to-ai-wearables/
The Vision Pro: An Unintentional Trojan Horse for AR
https://allenc.com/the-vision-pro-an-unintentional-trojan-horse-for-ar/

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