Spatial content shot for Apple Vision Pro to be viewable in Safari

Safari will soon be able to show spatial photos and videos to Apple Vision Pro users, so this content captured on iPhone can now be shared beyond the Photos and third-party apps.

Spatial photos and videos can be captured on iPhone 15 Pro and any iPhone 16 model, but viewing that media has mostly been limited to the Photos app on Apple Vision Pro. Third-party apps have tried making sharing spatial media easier, but they further complicate the process.

According to information shared with PetaPixel during a conversation with Apple's Product Manager Della Huff and design team member Billy Sorrentino, spatial media is coming to Safari. Website designers will be able to implement the ability to show spatial media to Apple Vision Pro users and 2D media to everyone else.

"And at the same time, you can create all sorts of photos into spatial photos [in Vision Pro] including old historical photos," Sorrentino shared in the report. "You could do this to all your old product reviews, you could do it to World War II photos, video game screenshots I mean, what's so cool about this technology is it gives us the ability to take things into that next dimension."

For example, social media networks could allow users to share spatial photos or videos to timelines. Or, websites like AppleInsider could include spatial photos in reviews.

Since the update is additive, users don't need to worry about exclusive content or missing out without an Apple Vision Pro. Such a change will be important once more people own Apple Vision products in the coming years.

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raymondn New User · 1 comment

About 1 month ago

She learned to walk while I was away

And she was talking 'fore I knew it, and as she grew

She'd say, "I'm gonna be like you, dad

You know I'm gonna be like you"

And…

Pema 2 Years · 166 comments

Integration with Safari - what's Safari's market share? About the same as MS Edge. 0.01%
More articles on how Vision Pro is boon in the OR. Which is probably true.
Quick updates to Vision OS.
2025 will herald a Vision Pro at $2500.

Apple has beaucoup $ to pour into this money pit called Vision Pro.
So far as I am concerned Vision Pro is as dead as Julius Caesar and Apple Car.
Better expend the resources on better security across all Apple devices and make the typing experience on the iPhone more user-friendly.

mpantone 18 Years · 2254 comments

Pema said:

Integration with Safari - what's Safari's market share? About the same as MS Edge. 0.01%
More articles on how Vision Pro is boon in the OR. Which is probably true.
Quick updates to Vision OS.
2025 will herald a Vision Pro at $2500.
Apple has beaucoup $ to pour into this money pit called Vision Pro.
So far as I am concerned Vision Pro is as dead as Julius Caesar and Apple Car.
Better expend the resources on better security across all Apple devices and make the typing experience on the iPhone more user-friendly.

Safari is preinstalled on all Macs, iPhones, and iPads. Thus all those users already have one compatible browser. My guess is Apple knows that most AVP users are also Mac owners.

Microsoft Edge has a marketshare greater than 0.01% I assure you.

As for allocating their resources on other projects, that's your opinion but most likely the people responsible for Safari programming don't work on the iPhone core UI input.

In any case, no one can please everyone all the time. If you don't like AVP, don't buy it. You are free to buy a Meta Quest 3 and pair it with your favorite Windows system. Or buy a Playstation VR2 and plug that into your console. No one is pointing a gun at your head telling you to buy an AVP or any other Apple product for that matter.

If you don't like the way Apple runs their company, you are free to start your own.

Best of luck.

macgui 17 Years · 2471 comments

mpantone said:

Pema said:

Integration with Safari - what's Safari's market share? About the same as MS Edge. 0.01%
More articles on how Vision Pro is boon in the OR. Which is probably true.
Quick updates to Vision OS.
2025 will herald a Vision Pro at $2500.
Apple has beaucoup $ to pour into this money pit called Vision Pro.
So far as I am concerned Vision Pro is as dead as Julius Caesar and Apple Car.
Better expend the resources on better security across all Apple devices and make the typing experience on the iPhone more user-friendly.

Safari is preinstalled on all Macs, iPhones, and iPads. Thus all those users already have one compatible browser. My guess is Apple knows that most AVP users are also Mac owners.

Microsoft Edge has a marketshare greater than 0.01% I assure you.

As for allocating their resources on other projects, that's your opinion but most likely the people responsible for Safari programming don't work on the iPhone core UI input.

In any case, no one can please everyone all the time. If you don't like AVP, don't buy it. You are free to buy a Meta Quest 3 and pair it with your favorite Windows system. Or buy a Playstation VR2 and plug that into your console. No one is pointing a gun at your head telling you to buy an AVP or any other Apple product for that matter.

If you don't like the way Apple runs their company, you are free to start your own.

Best of luck.

<two thumbs up>

forgot username 12 Years · 71 comments

raymondn said:

She learned to walk while I was away
And she was talking 'fore I knew it, and as she grew
She'd say, "I'm gonna be like you, dad
You know I'm gonna be like you"

And…

"Car keys" tracks so much better than "the password to your electronic devices."

That song always gives me the feels. I very much miss Harry Chapin, as a singer-songwriter, and more importantly, as a person.

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