Apple reportedly working to bring Apple Fitness+ to second-generation Apple Vision Pro
Apple is said to have left a lot of bold new features it had been developing for the Apple Vision Pro headset on the cutting-room floor, with a report last week claiming that those new features include plans for fitness experiences, ambitious tools to help developers quickly and easily create augmented reality content and the ability to see full-body digital avatars during video calls, which are still being developed.
In a follow-up, Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman has claimed that Apple is working to bring Apple Fitness+ to the second-generation Apple Vision Pro headset, which he says will launch with an all-new “low-end” cheaper model no sooner than late 2025.
In his weekly Power On newsletter, Gurman says “Apple is already looking ahead to the next headset models. It has shifted some employees working on the original Vision Pro to new versions: a second-generation high-end model and a lower-end headset. Before the Vision Pro announcement, I reported on a series of features that wouldn’t make the cut for the first version, but are still planned for the second generation.”
Those cut features include the ability to show multiple Mac desktop screens when connected wirelessly to a Vision Pro, the ability for multiple Vision Pro users in a several-person FaceTime conference to use Personas, as well as Apple Fitness+ and the ability to work out while wearing the headset with virtual fitness content.
Apple unveiled its long-rumored Apple Vision Pro mixed-reality headset at WWDC23 earlier this month. The mixed-reality headset blends digital content with the physical world through a fully three-dimensional user interface controlled by a user’s eyes, hands, and voice.