Apple introduced visionOS 26 in the present day, its new naming scheme for the following huge replace coming to Imaginative and prescient Professional later this yr. Amongst Imaginative and prescient Professional’s record of recent options comes one thing we’ve been ready for: precise assist for VR enter gadgets, together with movement controllers and a spatially-tracked stylus.
In 2023, Apple mentioned it had no plans to make or assist VR controllers on Imaginative and prescient Professional, however that’s about to vary.
Earlier rumors alleged Apple was on the brink of assist PSVR 2’s movement controllers, however now it’s official: visionOS 26 will convey PSVR 2 Sense Controller so builders can begin constructing (or extra probably porting) VR video games to the platform.
This could open up extra avenues to bringing lots of the video games that didn’t—or fairly, couldn’t moderately—assist hand-tracking-only interactions.
Whereas that’s largely for players, Apple additionally introduced it is going to assist Logitech Muse, a brand new spatial enter gadget constructed for Imaginative and prescient Professional that allows “exact enter and new methods to work together with collaboration apps like Spatial Analogue.”
Logitech calls Muse “a digital pencil that enhances the way in which customers work, create, and collaborate,” noting the gadget can be out there later this yr.
The corporate additionally confirmed that Muse options 6DOF monitoring, bodily buttons, haptics, gesture recognition, and can let customers draw and annotate each in area and on surfaces because of a pressure-sensing tip.
Logitech says extra data about Muse, together with pricing and appropriate apps, can be shared later this yr earlier than it goes on sale by way of each Logitech and Apple.
This story is breaking. We’re studying extra about Logitech Muse and the specifics round PSVR 2 Sense Controller assist. We’re at the moment at WWDC 2025 in the present day, so keep tuned for all issues Imaginative and prescient Professional.
