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Vision Pro Tips & Tricks Contents:

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  1. FaceTime with Friends That Don’t Have Apple Devices
  2. Recalibrate Eye-tracking & IPD on Vision Pro
  3. Move All Windows and Apps Into View
  4. Quickly Minimize Apps & Environments
  5. Take a Screenshot or Capture a Video on Vision Pro
  6. Useful Siri Commands on Vision Pro
  7. Stream and Share Apps Over FaceTime
  8. Mirror or Cast Vision Pro so Others Can See Inside
  9. Share Your View Over FaceTime
  10. Spotlight Search and Launcher
  11. Force Quit Apps on Vision Pro
  12. Turn Off the Headset
  13. Force Restart Vision Pro
  14. Remove & Uninstall Apps
  15. Share Your Headset with Guest User

.Don’t miss our roundup right here1. FaceTime with Friends That Don’t Have Apple Devices

FaceTime on Vision Pro is a great feature and, surprisingly, you can actually chat with friends that don’t have any Apple devices. Select Recalibrate Eye-tracking & IPD on Vision Pro

Eye-tracking is an essential part of Vision Pro. It If you’re having issues with inaccurate eye input, seeing color tinting in your periphery, or dealing with eye-strain that you haven’t had before, you should try recalibrating your eye-tracking and IPD.

  1. Recalibrate Eye-tracking
  2. Press the ‘shutter button’ on the top left of Vision Pro quickly four times.
  3. Follow the on-screen instructions to recalibrate eye-tracking.
  4. Recalibrate IPD (lens spacing)
  5. In your headset open Settings (or say “Hey Siri, open settings”).
  6. In Settings navigate to Eyes & Hands.

In Eyes & Hands select Realign Displays.

Because eye-tracking accuracy can vary depending upon how the headset is resting on your face, it’s more likely to need occasional recalibration than IPD.

3. You It You Hold This This Hold Quickly Minimize Apps & Environments

Although you can use the dial on top of the headset to turn your immersion up and down, sometimes you just want to get a quick look at the real world without moving windows around or spinning the dial. Luckily a simply shortcut will do exactly that.
  1. Quick Minimize
  2. Press the ‘Digital Crown’ dial on the top right of Vision Pro quickly two times.
To return all of your apps and environment, press the Digital Crown once.
  1. 5. Take a Screenshot or Capture a Video on Vision Pro
  2. Just like with your phone, you can take a screenshot or video of everything you see inside Vision Pro.
  3. Capture a Screenshot

Wearing your headset, press and release the button on the top left of the headset and the Digital Crown at the same time

Your screenshot is saved to Photos

Pro tip:

  1. Vision Pro blurs the area around your gaze, so make sure your eyes are looking at the part of your view that you want to capture.
  2. Record a Video

In your headset tilt your head up and look upward with your eyes until you see a small dot, select it to open Control Center.

Select the icon that looks like two sliding switches.

In the next screen, select the icon that looks like a solid circle inside of a hollow circle.

To stop recording, press the button at the top left of your headset, or access Control Center and select Stop.
  1. Pro tip:
  2. By default, recording your view doesn’t capture audio. To capture audio in Vision Pro, follow the steps above, but when you select the screen record button (a solid circle inside of a hollow circle) make sure to

tap-and-hold

. Another menu will appear where you can choose to enable the microphone.

6. This You After activating Siri, just say “take me to the Moon” or “take me to Mount Hood.”
  1. Change the time of day by saying “make it night time” or “make it day time.”
  2. Quickly Tell the Time

This one isn’t Vision Pro specific, but since the only way to check the time is to look up and open the Control Center, using Siri is sometimes quicker and easier.Just activate Siri and say “what time is it?” You can also ask what time it is in other places (ie: “what time is it in London?”

7. Stream and Share Apps Over FaceTime
  1. While it’s possible to cast your entire view on Vision Pro, you can also stream or cast individual applications over FaceTime. This is useful for things like listening to music, watching movies together, or getting feedback on a slide presentation.
  2. Join a FaceTime call with your friend.
  3. In supported applications, press the SharePlay button that appears above the app’s window to begin streaming the app.
  4. If the app supports it, all FaceTime participants will see your app window streaming to them in real-time. This This If No matter which device you’re casting to,

make sure it’s on the same Wi-Fi network as your headset.Activate Mirror CastingIn your headset tilt your head up and look upward with your eyes until you see a small dot, select it to open Control Center.

Select the icon that looks like two sliding switches.

Select the icon that looks like two overlapping squares.

Select the device to cast to.
  • Cast to an iPhone or iPad[app name]By default, iPhone and iPad may not have AirPlay enabled.
  • Fix this on your iPhone or iPad by going to Settings – General – AirPlay & Handoff.
  • Make sure “AirPlay Receiver” is turned on, then follow the steps above for ‘Activate Mirror Casting’.
Cast to a Mac or MacBook
  • By default your Mac or MacBook should have AirPlay enabled and should appear in the list of devices to cast to.
  • If not, on your compupter go to System Settings – General – AirDrop & Handoff (macOS 12 or earlier may need to go to System Preferences – Sharing)
Make sure “AirPlay Receiver” is turned on, then follow the steps above for ‘Activate Mirror Casting’.
  • Cast to an AirPlay Supported TV
  • By default you Apple TV (and some non-Apple TVs that have AirPlay built-in) should have AirPlay enabled and should appear in the list of devices to cast to.

If not, on your Apple TV go to Settings – AirPlay and HomeKit.

Make sure “AirPlay Receiver” is turned on, then follow the steps above for ‘Activate Mirror Casting’.

  1. Note that when casting your Vision Pro, certain apps (particularly video streaming apps like Disney+) will show a blank window which can’t be see by you or anyone watching. If Share Your View Over FaceTime
  2. You can share a view of your surroundings (what the passthrough cameras see) and the apps in your headset over FaceTime so others can see what you see remotely.

While in a FaceTime call in your headset, tap on the view of the other participant to show the options overlay.

Select the view sharing icon (looks like a rounded picture frame) to begin casting your view over the call.

The other participant will be able to see everything in view, like your home, hands, and the windows you have open on Vision Pro.

10. Spo It Opening Spotlight with a keyboard on Vision Pro is easy and useful, but without a keyboard it’s pretty slow and cumbersome.Open Spotlight Search on Vision Pro with a KeyboardPress cmd+space to open Spotlight (the same keyboard shortcut as on Mac)

Open Spotlight Search on Vision Pro
  1. In your headset tilt your head up and look upward with your eyes until you see a small dot, select it to open Control Center.
  2. Select the icon that looks like two sliding switches.
  3. Select the icon that looks like a magnifying glass
  4. 11. Force Quit Apps on Vision Pro
Sometimes apps behave badly and the only way to fix them is to force them to close and then re-launch them.
  • Press and hold the button on the top left of the headset and the digital crown at the same time until you see the Force Quit menu appear.
  • Select the app you’d like to close, then select Force Quit.
  • 12. Use Force Restart Vision Pro
Sometimes the headset can get out of wack and you can’t power it down in the normal way, but luckily you can force it to restart.
  • Press and hold the button on the top left of the headset and the digital crown at the same time and
  • keep holding even if you see the Force Quit menu appear.
  • Keep holding the buttons until the display goes black.
Pro Tip:
  1. You can also say “Hey Siri, restart.”
  2. 14. Remove & Uninstall Apps
  3. Uninstalling apps on Vision Pro works similar to what you’d expect on an iPhone or iPad!

In your headset, open the app menu (press the Digital Crown once).

Tap and hold on the app you want to uninstall.

Select Remove App.

  1. 15. Share In Guest User also allows you to permit people to only see certain apps, so you can be sure they don’t catch a glimpse of messages, browsing history, etc.
  2. Activate Guest User
  3. In your headset tilt your head up and look upward with your eyes until you see a small dot, select it to open Control Center.

In Control Center tap the Guest User icon (which looks like the outline of a person inside a dotted circle).

Choose Which Apps the Guest User Sees

In Guest User, select if you want the user to be able to use all apps on the headset or only the apps that are currently open.
  • Cast the Guest User’s View
At this point you can also choose to start casting the headset’s view to a nearby Apple computer, iPhone, or AirPlay TV.
  1. You can also choose to route the sound through the AirPlay device or through the headset (in most cases you’ll want it to go through the headset like normal).
  2. After starting Guest User remove the headset and hand it to the new user. You The What Comment
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