2024-04-02 18:21:37
Apple is enhancing the Vision Pro mixed reality headset by introducing spatial avatars that take avatars out of their confinement and place them right next to you in virtual space.
The company has added spatial characters to the beta version of the Characters feature within Vision Pro, allowing up to five participants to interact with each other in a virtual environment.
The company aims to make collaboration and chatting natural in Vision Pro, as participants can work together on presentations, watch movies via SharePlay, or play games as if your friends were next to you.
The idea is to make you feel like you’re in the same physical space as another user, and this was part of what Apple showed off in developer previews last year, though it wasn’t available in the actual beta of the Personas feature.
Spatial Personas work with up to five participants and are available to everyone using the OS’s Vision Pro headset VisionOS 1.1.
Meta has approached virtual collaboration in a similar way through Horizon Workrooms, although Apple’s approach is closer to Microsoft’s Mesh platform, which allows users to interact with virtual companions in augmented reality using HoloLens 2.
The spatial characters appear accurate compared to Microsoft’s technology. You can enable or disable it as desired during a FaceTime call.
Apple says everyone will be able to set content the way they want, without affecting how their virtual companions see that content.
Each user is supposed to be able to control what they see and reposition content without affecting what another user sees.
Spatial audio is also supposed to help you sense where the other person is in virtual space.
Apple was able to improve the character feature in order to better capture different facial expressions and hairstyles.
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