Apple Vision Key Dates Timeline [Updated 30 December 2024]

Here's a master timeline of key Apple Vision Pro and visionOS dates – in reverse chronological order. Feel free to bookmark! 🔖

Last updated: 15 November 2024

2024

14 December

Third episodes of Adventure and Wild Life available: Ice Dive and Sharks, respectively.

25 November

Apple announces "App of the Year" and "Game of the Year" finalists, including – for Vision Pro – apps JigSpace; NBA; and What If...? An Immersive Story and games Loóna; THRASHER; and Vacation Simulator [Apple's press release]

15 November

Apple Vision Pro launched in two new territories: South Korea and the United Arab Emirates.

14 November

The first Immersive music video – The Weeknd's "Open Hearts" – debuts on Apple Vision Pro [Read more] [Apple's press release]

13 November

Apple releases Final Cut Pro 11 with the capability to edit Spatial videos, as well as 180° and 360° monoscopic and stereoscopic (a.k.a "Immersive") video [Read more] [Apple's press release]

28 October

visionOS 2.1 released [Apple's developer release notes]

23 October

Vimeo's native app released for visionOS, allowing more widespread sharing of spatial video [Read more]

10 October

Submerged, the first scripted immersive short film for Vision Pro, released [Read more] [Apple's press release]

16 September

visionOS 2.0 released [Apple's press release]

18 July

Apple announces new Immersive films coming to Vision Pro "later this year" [Apple press release] including:

• Boundless, debuting with Hot Air Balloons;
• Wild Life, episode two: Elephants;
• Elevated, debuting with Hawaii;
• The Weeknd's Open Hearts "immersive music experience";
• Submerged, the first scripted short film for Vision Pro;
• 2024 NBA All-Star Weekend Highlights;
• Big Wave Surfing, the first episode of a new sports series with Red Bull

As of 30 December, all of the above except for Big Wave Surfing are available in the UK.

12 July

Vision Pro goes on sale in the UK

28 June

Vision Pro available to pre-order in the UK (at 1pm BST) [Apple's press release]

10 June (at WWDC)

• 8 more countries getting the Vision Pro (China, Japan, Singapore on June 28; Australia, Canada, France, Germany, UK on July 12)
• visionOS 2.0 announced [Apple's press release]
• New spatial camera lenses/systems from Canon and Blackmagic Design also announced [Read more here]

9 April

Vision OS 1.1.2 released

7 March

VisionOS 1.1 released

2 Feb

Vision Pro goes on sale in the US for $3,499 (for base model with 256GB storage)

2023

11 December

iOS 17.2 debuts, enabling Spatial video capture for iPhone 15 Pro and Pro Max ahead of the Vision Pro's release [Apple's press release]

30 July

Published my initial reaction (blog post and video): Apple Vision Pro: Why Entertainment Will Never Be The Same Again

23 June

Apple releases visionOS SDK [Apple's press release]

5 June

Vision Pro is announced at WWDC [Apple's WWDC YouTube video timestamp link + Apple's press release]