I received’t go into element about what Apple introduced relating to testing visionOS apps on Imaginative and prescient Professional {hardware} this week, as I’m positive you’ve already examine it in their announcement article. You’ve additionally nearly actually already utilized for a lab, a developer equipment, a compatibility analysis, or all three!
Labs and developer kits are nice however not significantly shocking as we’ve seen programmes like this from Apple alongside different platform launches. Compatibility evaluations are attention-grabbing, although. Right me if I’m mistaken, however I feel it’s the primary time we’ve seen these publicly out there for a brand new platform. Truly, I feel that is the primary time we’ve ever seen any sort of pre-actual-review app assessment!
There are complete particulars on what the assessment will examine within the announcement. visionOS is so drastically completely different to each different iOS-based platform it’s nearly unfair to anticipate individuals to develop an app with out with the ability to take a look at it, and I anticipate these evaluations to avoid wasting many a whole bunch of hours in backwards and forwards with app assessment as we get near “day one”. It additionally probably advantages Apple in coaching reviewers on what builders plan to do with the machine.
It doesn’t sound such as you’ll get opinion-based feedback from the reviewers such as you would at a WWDC design lab. It’s extra of a “Does the app work?”, “Does it violate the rules?” and “Does it behave nicely in AR”? You may get extra opinion-based suggestions within the in-person labs.
In case you’re growing one thing for visionOS, I want you nice luck getting a spot in no matter you utilized for, and in case you’re not, nicely, Blissful Friday anyway! 😂
Dave Verwer 
