Inevitably, VRChat can already be accessed through Apple Vision Pro (kinda sorta). There's no official optimized app yet -- and the official Rec Room app for Vision Pro hasn't launched yet either -- but if you're willing to do some workarounds, you can. Here's details from top VR YouTuber Bradley Lynch, who got this going:
- First, get ALVR for Vision OS, and experimental visionOS client for running SteamVR on Apple Vision Pro!
- Follow these install instructions
Whatever you do, be careful, this is seriously not tested stuff, and maybe check your Vision Pro warranty/TOS first.
"It works great for me," Brad tells me. "I started getting used to using finger gestures to move around and stuff. It works great for me. I started getting used to using finger gestures to move around and stuff."
The fact that Vision Pro can run both AR passthrough and a VR app like VRChat leads to some cool new interactions -- watch:
Vision Pro's playspace limit of 1.5m is A LOT more arbitrary than you would expect
— Brad Lynch (@SadlyItsBradley) March 1, 2024
Even if the passthrough fades in, the headset STILL tracks your location compared to your center stage...
My friends in VRChat can watch me/my avatar go across a house's multiple floors! pic.twitter.com/hQlGCImNV1
"Vision Pro's playspace limit of 1.5m is A LOT more arbitrary than you would expect," as Brad put it. "Even if the passthrough fades in, the headset STILL tracks your location compared to your center stage."
In other words, you can walk through your house with your Vision Pro on... and your VRChat avatar follows your movement, even levitating off the ground while you go up your stairs! (Watch above.)
If all this sounds way too complicated for now, you could always try running the iPad version of Second Life on Vision Pro.
> the official Rec Room app for Vision Pro hasn't launched yet either
That's because a fully immersive Rec Room app for Vision Pro is just another Metaverse myth/rumour.
I've said it before and I say it again:
> If you believe that every Rec Room demo makes it into a full release, I have great news for you: Rec Room will support tobii eye trackers! Here is the "proof" (from 2017): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C6jg5FKy-WY
Posted by: Martin K. | Thursday, March 07, 2024 at 04:39 AM
Rec Room on Vision Pro isn't a "myth", it was included by Apple itself in its promotional material:
https://nwn.blogs.com/nwn/2023/06/apple-vision-pro-vr-metaverse-applicatons-wwdc-2023.html
Posted by: Wagner James Au | Thursday, March 07, 2024 at 03:31 PM
> Rec Room on Vision Pro isn't a "myth", it was included by Apple itself in its promotional material
That tobii eye-tracking feature also isn't a myth! The video I linked is on an official tobii YouTube channel; it was officially demonstrated at GDC 2017. It's going to be released any day now! ;-)
Posted by: Martin K. | Thursday, March 07, 2024 at 06:51 PM