Apple Vision Pro is gaining the ability to magnify passthrough and use on-device AI to describe, find, or read anything in the user's view.
These accessibility features, primarily for the blind or those with low vision, will be part of a visionOS update later this year, possibly with visionOS 3 at WWDC25.
The enhancements include improved magnification through Zoom and Live Recognition, enabling real-world magnification and object identification using machine learning.
Apple will introduce a Passthrough API for accessibility developers to grant access to the passthrough view for live assistance in visual interpretations, focusing on accessibility and approval processes for wider camera access.