Apple Imaginative and prescient Professional doesn’t have any ports apart from the magnetic connector for attaching the battery, so it was unclear whether or not there can be any solution to switch information between Imaginative and prescient Professional and one other system by wire connection. Now Apple has confirmed that there’s a means and has launched a brand new “Developer Strap” accent that provides a USB-C port to the Imaginative and prescient Professional.
Apple Imaginative and prescient Professional will get a USB-C port with new Developer Strap
In accordance with Apple, the accent is aimed toward builders, who can use the USB-C port to “speed up the event of graphics-intensive apps and video games.” Presumably, the port allows issues like compiling and debugging apps with out having to depend on a wi-fi community. Apple doesn’t make it clear whether or not the accent additionally allows file switch.
Though units like Apple TV and Apple Watch don’t have a USB port for growth both, transferring visionOS apps that reap the benefits of 3D applied sciences might be fairly difficult by way of Wi-Fi. Curiously, the Developer Strap additionally comes with a built-in speaker, because the developer should substitute the Proper Audio Strap that comes with Imaginative and prescient Professional.
Apple makes it clear that the accent was made for builders (by way of Daring Fireball). In reality, it’s solely accessible via the Apple Developer web site (and never via the Apple Retailer). Solely developer accounts registered within the U.S. can order the Developer Strap, which prices $299.
As of at this time, prospects within the U.S. cannot solely purchase an Apple Imaginative and prescient Professional, but additionally get a demo at their nearest Apple Retailer. These demos shall be 25 minutes lengthy and information you thru the way to use Imaginative and prescient Professional, what content material and apps can be found, and extra. Apple says Imaginative and prescient Professional shall be accessible in a number of extra nations later this yr.
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