Developers are working harder to get their apps ready for the new platform, thus the pace of the Apple Vison Pro apps is quickening in anticipation of the device’s arrival on Friday. A third-party survey of the App Store revealed that as of last week, just about 150 apps had been created expressly for the Vision Pro. However, Apple Announced today that over 600 new apps and games are being prepared for the Vison Pro in advance of its release. According to the business, these join the more than a million apps that are currently compatible with iOS and iPadOS.
The announcement follows Apple’s suggested compliance strategy with the Digital Markets Act (DMA), a new EU rule that requires Apple to level the playing field by permitting third-party app stores and payment methods. However, Apple’s compliance strategy prioritizes Apple over the letter of the law. Consequently, it was called a “farce” filled with “junk fees” by Spotify, Epic Games, and Microsoft, among other detractors, and a “step in the wrong direction” by Microsoft. This raised rising concerns that developers would become less interested in creating apps for Apple’s newest computing platform, the AR/VR headset, as a result of the company’s anti-developer posture toward the DMA. Major corporations such as Netflix and YouTube have already declared that they will not be supporting the device when it launches.
With today’s revelation that the Vision Pro would have a substantial app catalog, Apple hopes to allay such worries. This is despite the device’s expensive price, which restricts its use, and the company’s current lack of developer benevolence.
According to the business, the Vision Pro’s 3D user interface, which can be used with your hands, eyes, or voice, and its capabilities have been included in more than 600 apps and games.
Disney+, ESPN, MLB, PGA Tour, Max, Discovery+, Amazon Prime Video, Paramount+, Peacock, Pluto TV, Tubi, Fubo, Crunchyroll, Red Bull TV, IMAX, TikTok, and MUBI are just a few of the streaming applications that have already declared their support.
According to Apple, the NBA app will allow users to enjoy up to five programs simultaneously, live or on-demand, while the PGA Tour Vision app offers a golf game with real-time shot tracking over models of actual golf courses. Race 3D maps will be available on Red Bull TV. MLS Season Pass will also be available for streaming on Apple TV for soccer fans. With that app, users will have access to over 200 3D films, Apple Immersive Video, and Apple’s Original content.
With applications from Charter Spectrum, Comcast Xfinity, Cox Contour, Sling TV, and Verizon Fios, cable companies have also joined the party. Along with ESPN, Paramount+, Peacock, and other sports broadcasters, additional sports broadcasters that are joining are CBS, NBC, NBC Sports, Fox Sports, and the UFC.
Apple featured productivity apps for the Vision Pro in its announcement, including MindNote for brainstorming, OmniFocus and OmniPlan for data and project management, Microsoft 365 apps, Fantastical for calendaring, Box, Numerics, JigSpace, Webex, Zoom, Microsoft Team, Slack, Notion, Todoit, and Navi—a real-time conversation translator.
Apple stated that the Vision Pro will have games like TMNT Splintered Fate, Sonic Dream Team, BA 2K24 Arcade Edition, and others in an effort to allay concerns about the device’s lack of games, particularly when contrasted to more reasonably priced headsets like Meta’s Quest VR devices. More than 250 games, including Synth Riders, LEGO Builder’s Journey, Super Fruit Ninja, Game Room, WHAT THE GOLF?, Cut the Rope 3, Jetpack Joyride 2, Bloons TD 6+, stitch., Patterned, Illustrated, and Wylde Flowers will also be available through Apple Arcade without any in-app purchases or advertisements.
On the software Store for Vision Pro, other games are also being released. These apps include the skateboarding software Skatrick Pro, the spatial puzzle game Blackbox, and an app with soothing 3D dioramas by Loóna. Additionally, users can use Mac Virtual Display to access Mac App Store titles and programs including Lies of P, Baldur’s Gate 3, and Steam.
Among the other apps that Apple showcased were Hold the World, which takes users to the Natural History Museum in London, The Archive, which allows fans of Star Trek and other cultures to explore immersive settings and media, and other titles. experience in air traffic control Forward Flight; The 3D weather app CARROT Weather; the 3D learning apps solAR; the medical apps Insight Heart, CellWalk, and Complete HeartX; the solar system explorers Sky Guide and Night Sky; Apps for well-being and mindfulness Lungy: Spaces, Odio, and Endel; as well as the music applications taper.tv, Apple Music, Animoog Galaxy, NowPlaying, Spool, djay, and STAGE+.
Among the shopping applications are J. Crew Virtual Closet, Mytheresa: Luxury Experience, Lowe’s Style Studio, Wayfair Decorify, and Zillow, the home-buying app, which offers virtual tours of homes.
According to Appfigures, an app intelligence organization, there are currently just 350+ apps available on the App Store, suggesting that many developers are waiting until the last minute to release their apps.
