I received’t go into element about what Apple introduced relating to testing visionOS apps on Imaginative and prescient Professional {hardware} this week, as I’m positive you’ve already examine it in their announcement article. You’ve additionally nearly actually already utilized for a lab, a developer package, a compatibility analysis, or all three!
Labs and developer kits are nice however not notably shocking as we’ve seen programmes like this from Apple alongside different platform launches. Compatibility evaluations are attention-grabbing, although. Right me if I’m fallacious, however I feel it’s the primary time we’ve seen these publicly accessible for a brand new platform. Really, I feel that is the primary time we’ve ever seen any sort of pre-actual-review app overview!
There are complete particulars on what the overview will examine within the announcement. visionOS is so drastically totally different to each different iOS-based platform it’s nearly unfair to count on individuals to develop an app with out with the ability to check it, and I count on these critiques to avoid wasting many a whole lot of hours in forwards and backwards with app overview as we get near “day one”. It additionally probably advantages Apple in coaching reviewers on what builders plan to do with the system.
It doesn’t sound such as you’ll get opinion-based feedback from the reviewers such as you would at a WWDC design lab. It’s extra of a “Does the app work?”, “Does it violate the rules?” and “Does it behave properly in AR”? You would possibly get extra opinion-based suggestions within the in-person labs.
For those who’re creating one thing for visionOS, I want you nice luck getting a spot in no matter you utilized for, and if you happen to’re not, properly, Pleased Friday anyway! 😂
Dave Verwer 
