Ultra-wide Display on Vision Pro & Mac Mini M4

This week the visionOS 2.2 beta and macOS 15.2 beta dropped, which includes the much anticipated Mac mirroring Ultra-wide Display on Vision Pro. This provides the Mac mirrored display with three choices; the original 16 x 9 ~40" 4K display, a wide display, and an ultra-wide panoramic display.

I tried it out by installing the macOS 15.2 beta on an external SSD, while sitting at my 60" desk. The ultra-wide mode, wrapped around the desk on a huge curved virtual display. I was able to open 4 applications with room to spare (TV app, Safari, Maps, and Apple News). Additionally the audio from the Mac is played on the Vision Pro's speakers, and I could see my MacBook Air's backlight keyboard break through the immersion when I looked at it.

The Ultimate Virtual Mac?​
There have been a few posts suggesting the combination of the new 5" x 5" Mac Mini M4 with the Apple Vision Pro (AVP), along with Apple's Keyboard and Trackpad. The Mini even fits inside the Vision Pro Travel case. Yuka Ohishi posted on Threads about combining the Mac Mini with the AVP. Nathaniel de Jong posted on LinkedIn about the fit in the Travel Case.
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​Everything's Cooler in Space.​
Lena Stöxen's talk, Everything's Cooler in Space, from Swift Connection 2024 is up on YouTube. She discusses her adventures about cross-developing AR experience for iOS and visionOS. She's playfully taking about using Reality Kit's ECS, Entities, Components and Systems.

Apple is now selling the new Belkin Head Strap for Apple Vision Pro. This is similar to the straps that were on the pre-release dev kits. In the picture above is my Vision Pro with the original AnnaPro strap.

This week on Apple TV for Vision Pro - NBA All Star Weekend 2024. A quick 5 minute look at the 2024 NBA All Stars from court side seats.
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See you in the future!

Here are some of the best picks:

• ​CAE showcases new pilot training solution for Apple Vision Pro​
• ​Apple now selling top head strap for Apple Vision Pro’s Solo Knit band​
• ​Spatial Tap Gesture Joseph Simpson explores the visionOS SpatialTapGesture.
• ​Let's VisionOS 2025 conference is on in Shanghai and looking for speakers.
• ​NBA All Star Weekend 2024​

App Lists:

• ​Vision Directory​
• ​Apps For Vision Pro​

As usual check out my Awesome visionOS Resources
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