Style Studio for Vision Pro lets you design your dream kitchen in virtual reality
U.S. home improvement retailer Lowe's has developed Style StudioTM, an exclusive app for Apple Vision Pro. It allows customers to visualize and design their dream kitchen in a realistic VR environment. Lowe's Style Studio offers a variety of preset styles from professional designers and hundreds of customizable materials, fixtures, and appliances available from Lowe's. Completed designs can be shared on personal style boards via email, text, or AirDrop.
Sci-Fi Blockbuster Dune: Part Two gets Snapchat AR experience
Warner Bros. has launched a Snapchat campaign to promote the upcoming sci-fi film "Dune: Part Two," featuring an Augmented Reality lens and custom cameo stickers. The AR lens, which allows users to immerse themselves in the Dune universe, is currently available in the U.S. and Canada and will roll out to global markets on February 28. The campaign also includes video ads that drive users to a microsite to purchase tickets.
3D Creation-Tool Polycam raises $18M and is now available on Vision Pro
3D creation tool Polycam has raised $18 million in a Series A funding round. The funds will be used to hire engineers and researchers to expand Polycam's suite of creation tools and train AI base models for 3D reconstruction. The company's tools, which use computer vision and AI, enable users to create photorealistic 3D assets. Polycam has nearly 100,000 paid subscribers and has become popular for creating 3D scans using the iPhone's LiDAR scanner. The company also announced that its tool is now available on Apple Vision Pro.
Vision Pro: Update makes Personas more realistic
Apple has released the first developer beta of visionOS 1.1 for Vision Pro, which introduces improvements to the appearance of Personas. Several user posts have already surfaced showing the more detailed avatars. The spatial representation of users during video calls has received mixed reviews in initial Vision Pro testing. As this is still a beta feature, expect Apple to continue to improve the visual quality of Personas.
Change of plans at YouTube: Vision Pro app now possible
YouTube has plans to support Vision Pro, according to a statement from company spokesperson Jessica Gibby to The Verge. While no specific details or timeline were shared, Gibby confirmed that a Vision Pro app is in YouTube's future plans. It remains unclear whether YouTube will simply modify the existing iPad app or develop something more comprehensive for Vision Pro. YouTube, Spotify and Netflix had previously announced that they would not be providing apps for visionOS for the time being.
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