Vision ProFiles

Vision ProFiles is the weekly podcast for dedicated Apple Vision Pro users, covering the news, apps, and community happenings shaping spatial computing.

BETA NEWS: VISIONOS 27 BETA 5 AND THE FALL RELEASE CYCLE
- visionOS Release Notes
https://developer.apple.com/documentation/visionos-release-notes/visionos-27-release-notes
- Apple Rolls Out the Fifth Developer Betas of iOS 27, iPadOS 27, macOS 27, and More
https://appleosophy.com/2026/08/10/apple-rolls-out-the-fifth-developer-betas-of-ios-27-ipados-27-macos-27-and-more/

TOP STORY: LIVE MLB GAMES COME TO VISION PRO IN APPLE IMMERSIVE
- Friday Night Baseball Gets an Immersive Upgrade on Apple Vision Pro
https://www.cultofmac.com/news/friday-night-baseball-gets-an-immersive-upgrade-on-apple-vision-pro
- Apple Announces 3D MLB Games Coming to Vision Pro
https://www.macrumors.com/2026/08/10/apple-announces-3d-mlb-games-on-vision-pro/

FEATURE: VISION PRO FINDS A HOME IN THE OPERATING ROOM
- The First Peer-Reviewed Vision Pro Surgery Trial Is In: 19 Percent Faster, Identical Outcomes
https://vr.org/articles/vision-pro-surgery-study-19-percent-faster-2026
- Apple Vision Pro Speeds Up Surgery by Almost 20%
https://www.macrumors.com/2026/08/05/apple-vision-pro-speeds-up-surgery/
- Surgeons Enthuse About What a Great Bargain Apple Vision Pro Is
https://appleinsider.com/articles/26/08/05/surgeons-enthuse-about-what-a-great-bargain-apple-vision-pro-is
- Vision Pro Is a Niche Product, But an Incredibly Valuable One in the Right Hands
https://9to5mac.com/2026/08/06/vision-pro-is-a-niche-product-but-an-incredibly-valuable-one-in-the-right-hands/
- Apple Vision Pro May Have Found Its Reason to Exist — and It's Not VR Games
https://www.macworld.com/article/3207984/apple-vision-pro-may-have-found-its-reason-to-exist-and-its-not-vr-games.html

HARDWARE CORNER: A $799 CHALLENGER STEPS UP
- URXR One Review: A $799 Apple Vision Pro Alternative
https://www.geeky-gadgets.com/urxr-1-review/
- r/augmentedreality: Full Review of the URXR One — "A Bigger…"
https://www.reddit.com/r/augmentedreality/comments/1vdolip/here_is_my_full_review_of_the_urxr_one_a_bigger/

COMMUNITY & DEV CORNER
- How to Create an Immersive Website Environment in visionOS 27
https://x.com/spatialinsider/status/2085787648040583608
- "My Favourite Apple Vision Pro Project So Far" (r/VisionPro) — Blockworks
https://www.reddit.com/r/VisionPro/comments/1vj922m/my_favourite_apple_vision_pro_project_so_far/
- r/milkdrop: "Update — High Videlity Now Runs on iPhone, iPad"
https://www.reddit.com/r/milkdrop/comments/1vfvr8k/update_high_videlity_now_runs_on_iphone_ipad/
- High Videlity
https://highvidelity.com/
- "Reincarnated as a Dungeon Designer, I Have to Work…" (r/VisionPro)
https://www.reddit.com/r/VisionPro/comments/1vi7847/reincarnated_as_a_dungeon_designer_i_have_to_work/
- TestFlight: Cockpit — A Glanceable Dock for visionOS (r/VisionPro)
https://www.reddit.com/r/VisionPro/comments/1viqghi/testflight_cockpit_a_glanceable_dock_for_visionos/
- Working with Siri on AVP and Through MVD (r/VisionPro)
https://www.reddit.com/r/VisionPro/comments/1vj9g14/working_with_siri_on_avp_and_through_mvd/

APPS
- Scanline: 8-Bit Emulator
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/scanline-8-bit-emulator/id6782712613
- Blockworks — Elastic Sea • Spatial Building
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/blockworks-spatial-building/id6753267138
- SailGP RaceScape XR App
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/sailgp-racescape-xr/id6742781005

CONTACT / CONNECT WITH VISION PROFILES
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Adobe Premiere lands natively, visionOS 26.6 ships while 27 Beta 4 keeps baking, Samsung shelves its lower-cost headset display, Apple Maps gets depth in Street View, four new patents surface, and we try seven new apps.
TOP STORY: Adobe Premiere Goes Native on Vision Pro
https://spatialinsiders.com/stories/adobe-premiere-vision-pro-spatial-video-editing

HARDWARE & PLATFORM
visionOS 26.6 (July 27)
https://www.macrumors.com/2026/07/27/apple-releases-visionos-26-6/
visionOS 27 Beta 4 (July 20)
https://www.macrumors.com/2026/07/20/apple-seeds-visionos-27-beta-4/

COMMUNITY & DEV CORNER
Apple Maps Has Depth in Street View
https://www.reddit.com/r/VisionPro/comments/1vcxxz8/
Palm Gesture Stopped Working
https://www.reddit.com/r/VisionPro/comments/1vene5a/
Free Stereograph Viewer Update
https://www.reddit.com/r/VisionPro/comments/1v8w9e7/
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/stereopticon/id6790976075 

Beta Testers Wanted for New App
https://www.reddit.com/r/VisionPro/comments/1vcts29/
PATENTS CORNER
Camera-less Eye Tracking System (granted Aug 3)
https://appleworld.today/2026/08/apple-granted-patent-for-a-camera-less-eye-tracking-system/
Conformable Facial Interface (granted July 28)
https://appleworld.today/2026/07/a-conformable-user-interface-may-make-the-apple-vision-pro-more-comfortable-to-wear/
Virtual Paper (granted July 29)
https://appleworld.today/2026/07/apple-patent-filing-involves-virtual-paper-for-the-vision-pro/
Full Body Avatars in XR (filed July)
https://appleworld.today/2026/07/future-vision-pros-could-offer-full-body-avatars-in-extended-reality-environments/
APPS NIGHT — seven new titles
Morning Brief Vision ($3.99)
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/morning-brief-vision/id6794152945
Lokal Lore (Free+IAP)
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/lokal-lore/id6757438016
Arcade Frame ($1.99)
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/arcade-frame/id6790965526
Spatial Scanner: QR Code ($2.99)
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/spatial-scanner-qr-code/id6795561186
Hivebreak ($0.99)
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/hivebreak/id6768090143
Brick Break-AR ($1.99)
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/brick-break-ar/id6748860916
CosmiCut: Spatial Video Editor (Free+IAP)
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/cosmicut-spatial-video-editor/id6723866121

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This week on Vision ProFiles, A.R. Rahman turns the headset into a concert hall with a new immersive music app while Autodesk brings full-scale automotive design reviews to Vision Pro via NVIDIA's CloudXR. Elsewhere, someone gets Doom running on RISC-V Linux just for fun, the Paris Opera builds custom viewing furniture so visitors can follow a prima ballerina backstage, and the crew wraps up with a fresh batch of apps to try.

Top Story: A.R. Rahman Turns Apple Vision Pro Into a Concert Hall
A.R. Rahman Brings His Immersive Music Experiences To Apple Vision Pro (UploadVR) — https://uploadvr.com
A.R. Rahman's Apple Vision Pro App: 4 Immersive Experiences (Eastern Eye) — https://easterneye.biz
A. R. Rahman Reformats Entire Catalog for Apple Vision Pro and Meta Quest (Digital Music News) — https://digitalmusicnews.com

Community & Dev Corner: Doom Runs on RISC-V Linux on a Vision Pro
Doom Running in RISC-V Linux on a Vision Pro (r/linux_gaming and r/VisionPro) — https://reddit.com/r/linux_gaming

Real World: A Seat at the Paris Opera, With a Headset Built In
An Apple Vision Pro Seating Station at a Parisian Opera House (Core77) — https://core77.com

Tips & Tricks: Playing SteamVR Games on Vision Pro
How to Play Steam VR Games on an Apple Vision Pro Using ALVR (AppleInsider) — https://appleinsider.com
Playing 3D Movies in AVP using a spatial converter — https://youtu.be/jRtGYEAkHZE

Apps Night: What We've Been Trying
PiKap — Vinyl Record Player — https://apps.apple.com
XR Putt — https://apps.apple.com
Orbble — https://apps.apple.com
Posture Check Vision — https://apps.apple.com

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Samsung winds down the display for a cheaper Vision Pro the same week Apple publishes 74 pages of engineering spec for third-party motion controllers — then we close with the best app night in months, from Library of Congress stereographs to spellcasting with your bare hands.

TOP STORY
Cheaper Vision Pro Display Work Winds Down at Samsung (MacRumors)
https://www.macrumors.com/2026/07/08/cheaper-apple-vision-pro-display-work-ended/
Component Development Reportedly Scrapped (9to5Mac)
https://9to5mac.com/2026/07/08/component-development-for-cheaper-apple-vision-pro-reportedly-scrapped/
Lower Cost Vision Pro May Be Dropped (AppleInsider)
https://appleinsider.com/articles/26/07/08/lower-cost-apple-vision-pro-may-be-dropped-as-apple-focuses-on-ai

HARDWARE & SUPPLY CHAIN
Where Will Next-Gen Components Be Made?
https://appleworld.today/2026/07/where-will-the-next-generation-of-apple-vision-pro-components-be-made/
Patent: Detecting Contact Lens Shift
https://appleworld.today/2026/07/an-apple-vision-pro-may-one-day-be-able-to-tell-is-your-contact-lenses-shift-on-your-eyes/

VISIONOS 27
Apple Publishes Motion Controller Specs (Road to VR)
https://roadtovr.com/apple-publishes-detailed-technical-specifications-for-third-party-vision-pro-motion-controllers/
CONNECTOME & the Challenges of Building for Vision Pro (UploadVR)
https://www.uploadvr.com/connectome-a-game-of-points-the-challenges-of-building-for-apple-vision-pro/

LAMBORGHINI IN YOUR LIVING ROOM
https://9to5mac.com/2026/07/07/lamborghini-launches-apple-vision-pro-app-with-interactive-full-size-cars/
https://www.uploadvr.com/lamborghinis-apple-vision-pro-app-reimagines-the-showroom-at-home/

APPS NIGHT
Stereopticon (Free) https://apps.apple.com/us/app/stereopticon/id6790976075
Retro Beamer ($4.99) https://apps.apple.com/us/app/retro-beamer/id6790771285
Posters: Discover Media @ Home https://apps.apple.com/us/app/posters-discover-media-home/id6478062053
LALO Immersive https://apps.apple.com/us/app/lalo-immersive/id6740135829
I'm Wizard: AR Magic Combat ($9.99) https://apps.apple.com/us/app/im-wizard-ar-magic-combat/id6747723768
Zork Online https://playzork.online/zork

THE 3D MOVIE FIX
Spatial Film https://apps.apple.com/us/app/spatial-film/id6670564820
AirStream Mac Companion https://spatial.film/airstream/

DEVELOPER BETA 4
https://developer.apple.com/documentation/visionos-release-notes/visionos-27-release-notes
- Mac Virtual Display no longer disconnects when you put the headset back on
- Palm-up battery percentage corrected (status bar staleness still a known issue)
- High Quality Recording fixes: warm-device capture failures, and the settings switch that froze the recording subsystem
- Genmoji and Image Playground panels no longer blank from Safari and Freeform
- 15+ Siri fixes, including Guest User Mode and history deletion on disable
- Still broken: Siri commands for Environments, Maps snippets
- Spatial accessory input dropouts and Spatial Gallery panorama freezes resolved
- Quick Look annotations get five fixes; Mail subject/content mismatch resolved
- EyeSight privacy indicator now animates on every capture, not just the first
- Known issues: TestFlight apps still open to blank windows; Spatial Personas lag during High Quality Recording
- Devs: Reality Composer Pro Preview is live, On Demand Resources deprecated for Background Assets, and apps built on the new SDK must adopt the scene-based lifecycle or they will not launch

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A new beta release and some fun new apps.
Top Story: visionOS 27 Beta 3 Arrives — What's Changed Since Beta 2Apple Seeds Third visionOS 27 Beta to Developers (MacRumors)
https://www.macrumors.com/2026/07/06/apple-seeds-visionos-27-beta-3/
visionOS 27 Beta 3 Is Now Available (Reddit r/VisionPro)
https://www.reddit.com/r/VisionPro/comments/1up3yl9/visionos_27_beta_3_is_now_available/
visionOS 27 Beta 3 Release Notes
https://developer.apple.com/documentation/visionos-release-notes/visionos-27-release-notes
visionOS 26.6 Beta 3 Released for Apple Vision Pro Developers (The Mac Observer)
https://www.macobserver.com/news/visionos-26-6-beta-3-released-for-apple-vision-pro-developers/
A New Report Is Good News for the Rumored 'Apple Glasses,' Not So Good News for the Apple Vision Pro (Apple World Today)
https://appleworld.today/2026/06/a-new-report-is-good-news-for-the-rumored-apple-glasses-not-so-good-news-for-the-apple-vision-pro/
Apple Vision Pro Isn't the Only Future of AR — SPECS Wearable Computer Glasses Are Now Up for Pre-Order (Gizmodo)
https://gizmodo.com/apple-vision-pro-isnt-the-only-future-of-ar-specs-wearable-computer-built-into-see-through-glasses-are-now-up-for-pre-order-2000779916
I Wore Apple Vision Pro (M5) for 3 Months, This Is My Honest Review (Man of Many)
https://manofmany.com/tech/apple-vision-pro-m5-review
M2 vs. M5 Vision Pro Revisited (Reddit r/VisionPro)
https://www.reddit.com/r/VisionPro/comments/1uoagiz/m2_vs_m5_vision_pro_revisited/
Downgrade Firmware M5 AVP (Reddit r/VisionPro)
https://www.reddit.com/r/VisionPro/comments/1uoynxw/downgrade_firmware_m5_avp/
Coil Whine / Buzzing / Electric Noise from M5 Vision Pro (Reddit r/VisionPro)
https://www.reddit.com/r/VisionPro/comments/1uoesjt/coil_whinebuzzingelectric_noise_from_m5_vision/
I Built Comic Vision — A Complete Comic/Manga Reader (Reddit r/VisionPro)
https://www.reddit.com/r/VisionPro/comments/1ujpylx/i_built_comic_vision_a_complete_comic_manga/
Plex for Apple Vision Pro... When? (Reddit r/PleX)
https://www.reddit.com/r/PleX/comments/1und6pe/plex_for_apple_vision_pro_when/
I Made a Virtual Keyboard and Trackpad for Vision Pro (Reddit r/VisionPro)
https://www.reddit.com/r/VisionPro/comments/1uoatet/i_made_a_virtual_keyboard_and_trackpad_for_vision/
Filmed a Revolutionary War Reenactment (Reddit r/AppleVisionPro)
https://www.reddit.com/r/AppleVisionPro/comments/1ukz4j1/filmed_a_revolutionary_war_reenactment/
What Are Your Favorite VR Games to Play on the AVP? (Reddit r/VisionPro)
https://www.reddit.com/r/VisionPro/comments/1unrp8c/what_are_your_favorite_vr_games_to_play_on_the_avp/
“F*** I did it”
https://www.reddit.com/r/VisionPro/comments/1upbeq1/fuck_i_did_it/
Apps for Apple Vision Pro
https://appsforapplevision.com/
Table Keyboard
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/table-keyboard-type-on-mac/id6786332555

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