Apple’s Vision Pro headset is ready to launch for shoppers immediately, however YouTube is not currently building a dedicated app for the device. To fill that void, Christian Selig, the developer who made Apollo for Reddit consumer, has made a Vision Pro app for YouTube called Juno.
The app prices $5 for a one-time buy and doesn’t have any recurring income mannequin. Selig mentioned on his blog that the app makes use of YouTube’s embed API, which primarily hundreds movies in an internet view and supplies controls for playback.
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The developer talked about that this enables an app like Juno to run natively, and even routinely resize home windows based mostly on completely different facet ratios. Plus, via the embed API, YouTube can nonetheless present adverts to customers who will not be subscribed to the Premium tier.
Juno app permits options like resizable home windows, pinch drag to wash via the video, double pinch on sides to maneuver the video ahead or again by 10 seconds, and dim environment to give attention to the video.
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The thought about improvement began final month when Selig posted on X that he desires to develop a wrapper app for YouTube native to Imaginative and prescient Professional as a result of he spends a number of time on the service.
At present, the app helps just one window. However with Imaginative and prescient Professional’s capability to point out a number of spatial home windows, he plans to introduce multiview assist. The power to see feedback, new immersive environments, and caption controls are the opposite deliberate options for Juno.
Earlier this week, Apple mentioned that there will probably be 600 apps available particularly tuned for Imaginative and prescient Professional. Whereas there are not any apps for Netflix, YouTube, and Spotify at launch, customers can devour content material via Disney+, Max, ESPN, CBS, Paramount+, NBC, NBC Sports activities, Peacock, FOX Sports activities, and the UFC.
Selig shut down Apollo after Reddit changed its API terms in June final 12 months. In September, the developer up to date his Pixel Pals app, which is a cute digital pet app for Apple’s Dynamic Island, with assist for interactive widgets. In October, he additionally launched a language-learning widget as a part of the Pixel Buddies app.
