Hey, so Apple’s doing this thing at WWDC, right? They’re rolling out this fancy widget system for the Vision Pro in the visionOS 26. It’s like… you can slap a widget on a wall, and it just stays there, like part of your room forever—or until you move it, I guess.
Anyway, during the conference, they dove into the details of this new widget system. Imagine typical Vision Pro windows floating around like they’ve had too much coffee, but these widgets? Nah, they’re rock solid. Place them on a wall or tabletop, and bam, they stick. Restart the headset, recenter it, do a little dance—doesn’t matter. Widgets stay put. Almost like they’re stubborn little pets, refusing to budge.
Oh, and they mentioned something about compatibility. Widgets from your iPhone or iPad can cozily migrate to Vision Pro. And, get this, they’ve spiced up WidgetKit with extras just for Vision Pro, like different sizes. Why not let widgets be as tall or wide as they want to be, right?
They’ve got these quirky overlays, ‘paper’ and ‘glass,’ that adjust to the lighting in your room. The paper one dims with the lights, blending in like a stealthy ninja. The glass one, though? It stays bright, shining like it’s showing off, always wanting attention.
Proximity-awareness is another trick up their sleeve. So, if a widget’s across the room, you’ll catch a glimpse of the weather, but walk close, and—boom!—the forecast for the entire week pops up. It’s like, hey, I see you there, let me tell you more.
They’ve got these jazzy first-party widgets too. An album poster that plays music when you poke it, how cool is that? Or a ‘photo window’ that makes you feel like you’re peeping out into a vast scene. They’re flat photos for now, but hey, maybe they’ll go 3D someday?
The Clock widget’s had a revamp. They’re all about making widgets part of your real space, sticking them to walls like they belong there, shadow-casting and all that magic.
For the customization buffs out there, you can resize widgets, elevate them, even change their colors. Want them to look like they’re floating in a frame or recessed into the wall like a fancy painting? Go for it.
These widgets are interactive too. Like, you can tick items off a list with a simple look-and-pinch. It’s the future of to-do lists, I swear.
So, these widgets are in the VisionOS 26 developer beta already. Expect them to be out and about for everyone this fall. I’m kind of curious how they’ll shake things up. Who knows? Maybe we’ll all end up with virtual walls full of sticky notes that actually do something.