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Apple’s Vision Pro now has over 1,000 apps specifically designed for the new device


Mark Zuckerberg may be laughing off the competition in the AR/VR headset market, but Apple's Vision Pro is gaining traction -- with developers, at least.

But many independent software developers have embraced the new platform, too, filling in gaps, as Christian Selig did by building a YouTube app called Juno, or tackling areas that don’t have as much competition yet, like fitness, science, or mindfulness, among other things. The growth in Vision Pro apps so soon after launch indicates that many developers in Apple’s community still see the company as offering a viable platform for their success, despite its recent anti-developer measures to make regulations like the EU’s DMA completely toothless. In addition, Y Combinator today put out a new call for startups, and added “spatial computing” — Apple’s term for mixed reality (AR/VR) — to its list of companies it wants to fund, suggesting further growth in this market is still ahead.

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