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 definitely 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 fascinating, although. Appropriate me if I’m fallacious, however I believe it’s the primary time we’ve seen these publicly obtainable for a brand new platform. Truly, I believe that is the primary time we’ve ever seen any sort of pre-actual-review app evaluation!
There are complete particulars on what the evaluation will test within the announcement. visionOS is so drastically completely different to each different iOS-based platform it’s nearly unfair to count on folks to develop an app with out having the ability to check it, and I count on these opinions to save lots of many lots of of hours in forwards and backwards with app evaluation as we get near “day one”. It additionally probably advantages Apple in coaching reviewers on what builders plan to do with the gadget.
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 properly 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 the event you’re not, properly, Glad Friday anyway! 😂
Dave Verwer 
