Cisco brings Spatial Meetings to Apple Vision Pro with native Webex app

Cisco has updated its Webex application for the Apple Vision Pro with the introduction of Cisco Spatial Meetings and the Webex AI Assistant.

Webex has been available as a native application since the launch of Apple Vision Pro, back in February of 2024. Cisco also has Webex applications for the Apple TV and Apple Watch, which let users participate in meetings via the two platforms.

Now, Cisco's latest update to its Apple Vision Pro application makes it possible to engage in virtual meetings with the headset. Through the so-called Cisco Spatial Meetings, users will be able to conduct product demos, organize education and training sessions, and much more.

Cisco revealed the idea behind the concept it calls Distance Zero. As its name would imply, the goal was to improve hybrid work by eliminating the sense of distance between people during meetings, especially in cases where participants are far away from each other. The company used purpose-built AI for audio and video to make this happen.

It's worth pointing out, though, that Cisco Spatial Meetings require an additional device to work. The feature is only available when the user has both an Apple Vision Pro as well as a Cisco Room Bar. The latter is an AI-powered device featuring NVIDIA chipsets and dual-lens cameras.

The company believes that its Spatial Meetings feature will have applications in a multitude of different sectors, including manufacturing, retail, and healthcare. The Apple Vision Pro by itself is already used by some surgeons, so the use of Webex for virtual meetings on the device isn't hard to imagine.

In addition to Cisco Spatial Meetings, a new AI assistant for Webex on the Apple Vision Pro was announced. The assistant will help people improve their productivity with summaries, writing assistance, and meeting catch-up features.

Although Apple Intelligence offers arguably similar summarization and writing assistance tools on iPhone and iPad, Apple's latest suite of AI features has yet to make its debut on Apple Vision Pro. Currently, Apple Intelligence is only available on devices with an A17 Pro or newer system-on-chip, or Apple Silicon Mac and iPad models with an M1 or newer chip.