In macOS Sonoma, currently in beta, you can create individual web apps for any website that you frequent in Safari, and have them sit beside other apps in your Dock. Let's take a closer look at how it all works by turning MacRumors.com into a virtual Mac app as an example. In macOS Sonoma, any website viewed in Safari can be turned into a web app, thanks to a new "Add to Dock" option in the File menu. In other words, no work is required on the part of web developers to make a site web app compatible, although there are some elements of web apps that developers can have control over (see below). How to Turn MacRumors into a…

Macworld Apple’s mixed reality headset is now official, and it is definitely something to behold. We talk about the Apple Vision Pro in this episode of the Macworld Podcast–what it is, the tech behind it, what it will cost, and why would you want one in the first place! This is episode 844 with Jason Cross, Michael Simon, and Roman Loyola. Listen to episode 844 on Apple Podcasts Listen to episode 844 on Spotify Get info Click on the following links to learn more about what was discussed on the show. Apple’s Vision Pro experience is so thrilling, I didn’t want to leaveApple Vision Pro: Apple’s big bet on a brand-new platform starts at $3,499Apple Vision Pro product guideVision Pro…

Just a day after Apple debuted its Vision Pro headset, The Verge reports that Apple has acquired AR headset startup Mira, a firm most known to the public for providing headsets used on Mario Kart rides in Super Nintendo World at Universal Studios Japan and Universal Studios Hollywood. The Verge says Mira CEO Ben Taft shared a private photo on Instagram showing a number of Apple employee badges with the comment "Excited for Mira’s next chapter, at Apple :). 7 year journey from dorm room to acquisition." At least 11 Mira employees have reportedly joined Apple, which essentially confirmed the acquisition by issuing its standard press statement to The Verge, saying only that "we generally do not discuss our purpose…

Mira’s Prism headset from 2017. | Photo by James Bareham / The Verge Apple has acquired Mira, a Los Angeles-based AR startup that makes headsets for other companies and the US military, according to a post from the CEO’s private Instagram account yesterday seen by The Verge and a person familiar with the matter. Apple confirmed the acquisition. The news comes just one day after Apple unveiled the Vision Pro, a $3,499 mixed reality headset that the company has billed as a new “spatial” computing platform. It’s unclear how much Apple paid for Mira, which raised about $17 million in funding to date. Jony Ive, Apple’s former design chief, was an advisor to the startup at one point, according to…

Ahead of WWDC officially kicking off tomorrow, Apple has started gifting in-person developers a swag bag to commemorate the occasion. The goodies are being dolled out to developers when they register for the event and pick up their badges at Apple’s Infinite Loop campus. more… The post Apple gifts WWDC23 developers limited-edition tote bags, enamel pins, more appeared first on 9to5Mac.

Ahead of WWDC officially kicking off tomorrow, Apple has started gifting in-person developers a swag bag to commemorate the occasion. The goodies are being dolled out to developers when they register for the event and pick up their badges at Apple’s Infinite Loop campus. more… The post Apple gifts WWDC23 developers limited-edition tote bags, enamel pins, more appeared first on 9to5Mac.