visionOS 26 to fully support PlayStation, Xbox and Spatial controllers

While the Apple Vision Pro may offer a glimpse into Apple’s, well… vision for gesture-based spatial computing, it’s still an awkward fit for traditional gaming. Coming next week, that may change. Tapping in 9to5Mac has learned that Apple is preparing to expand controller support on visionOS to natively include not just the usual suspects like PlayStation and Xbox gamepads, but also a new class of input device: spatial controllers. This builds on support that, while technically has already existed under the hood since visionOS 1.0, has not been widely adoptedy by developers due to its limited scope. Still, when a game requires a controller to be played on apple Vision Pro, the app gets a dedicated “controller required” badge on the Apple Vision Pro App Store. But doesn’t Apple Vision Pro already support Bluetooth controllers? Yes. As Apple explains it, once you pair a compatible game controller, you can even customize button layouts for specific titles. What’s new here is that App ... Read full article.