#WWDC2021

[codrs]

Labs, Sessions, and Meetups (Oh my!)

by Ethan Saadia

Today was a busy Day 3 at WWDC 2021! I began the morning by watching a session detailing advanced graphics and rendering with RealityKit 2, including custom shaders, full control over meshes, and the ability to customise post-processing events. To prepare for my RealityKit Lab at the end of the day, I began trying out as many on the new features as I could in my previous projects and sample apps. As I prepared for my Object Capture Lab to learn more about best practices for scanning, I decided to test out the quality of the scanned meshes by 3D printing the koala I scanned yesterday. Although I reduced the size to speed up printing time, I was impressed at the level of detail I captured with just 64 photos.

At the Object Capture Lab I learned some great and useful tips for improving scans that I will share in a later post. As I worked through trying out more RealityKit features, I joined the Demystify SwiftUI session watch-party at the WWDC Lounges, where Apple Engineers answered questions live as we watched the video. Throughout the day I accumulated an entire list of RealityKit questions across multiple Xcode projects, and the engineers who talked with me were extremely helpful and made the most of our short appointment by going through all of my questions. I have four ‼️ Lab appointments tomorrow, and I can't wait to experiment some more with the new frameworks and learn more from the Apple engineers who built them.

AR Roundtable Meetup

In the virtual Augmented Reality Lab that I built for WWDC Community Week, I gathered a group of developers to discuss augmented reality. I met several people with exciting AR projects, gave an interactive presentation about RealityKit, answered all their questions, and led a conversation about AR on Apple platforms and beyond.

It was especially wonderful to interact with people who have benefitted from my online tutorials and hear about the apps they have built. My favorite part of being a developer is giving back to the community that helped me get started, so hosting this meetup and meeting my readers was an extremely rewarding experience!

[icoverlover]

Top Apple Announcements at WWDC 2021

Top Apple Announcements at WWDC 2021

The World Wide Development Conference abbreviated as WWDC organized by Apple took place recently. Some of the top announcements at WWDC 2021 were regarding iPadOS, iOS 15, macOS Monterey, WatchOS 8, and lots more. The WWDC 2021 keynote was power-packed and eventful as it revealed some of Apple’s new software developments. Discussed here are the top Apple announcements at WWDC 2021. Messages…

[applekhoreh]

‌‌ بررسی پوستر WWDC 2021 : رونمایی از مک بوک پرو جدید، هدست واقعیت افزوده یا اپل گلس اپل در 17 خرداد ساعت 21:30 رویداد سالانه توسعه دهندگان را برگزار خواهد کرد. طبق بررسی پوستر این کنفرانس احتمالا اپل از مک بوک پرو جدید، هدست واقعیت افزوده و حتی اپل گلس رونمایی خواهد کرد. مطالعه بررسی کامل: x321.ir/72 #اخبار #اپل_گلس #واقعیت_مجازی #واقعیت_افزوده #wwdc2021 (at تهران سعادت آباد) https://www.instagram.com/p/CPU8txdsIU8/?utm_medium=tumblr

[newzradar]

iOS 15: Include Notifications Revamp, New iPad Home Screen and More

[sprreviews]

Iphone SE 2023 with hole punch camera.. Credit : @theapplehub According to display analyst Ross Young, Apple will launch a 4.7” LCD display iPhone SE in 2022 with 5G support and a 6.1” display iPhone SE with a hole punch design in 2023. Visit for more latest content @sprincepathak #techtravelingtripod #iphonese #iphone #iphones #appleiphone #iphonese2023 #futureiphone #caseiphone #apple #appleiphone11 #appleiphone12 #appleiphone8 #appleiphonexs #techmech #techlovers #techpack #gadgetshow #wwdc #wwdc2021 #latestnews #viraltech #theapplehub (at IPHONE Gallery) https://www.instagram.com/p/CNPBKznJ4mf/?igshid=1wp1p5v032co8

[tech-preacher]

Introducing the new iPad Pro(with Mini-LED display) Leaks – Voice The Apple iPad Pro with the new mini-LED display will be announced on Wednesday, April 14 in the form of a press release along with the updated Apple Pencil a matte black finish. #ipadpro2021 #ipadpro #wwdc2021 https://t.co/FlVQsXyW2J https://www.instagram.com/p/CNOk6LHggKR/?igshid=109rj2x8lmcck

[codrs]

✅ Looking back at WWDC 2021

by Ethan Saadia

Today was the last day of WWDC 2021. While the main event has concluded, WWDC Community Week continues throughout the weekend! The last few days of labs, sessions, meetups, and code have been exhilarating. There are still numerous ideas to explore, so I will keep releasing new tutorials and apps, and you can keep following along with me.

This year I attended 15 Labs with Apple engineers, which were all incredible experiences to ask questions about the new frameworks and resolve bugs I'm running into in code. Today alone I attended 6 Labs, and here are the highlights!

RealityKit 🤳

I attended all three RealityKit Labs this week, and each time I gained fresh insights about the latest updates. From custom meshes to dynamic particle systems to transparent textures to the subtleties of shaders, I used what I learned in the labs to create educational posts and lead meetups where I introduced other developers to RealityKit.

With Object Capture and my new companion app, you can create realistic 3D models just by uploading photos taken on your iPhone. At this lab I inquired about scanning entire rooms with Object Capture and received tips on how to create the highest quality scans.

Tumblr doesn't yet have any AR features, but the combination of Object Capture and RealityKit 2 makes it a perfect time to start creating the future of immersive blogging.

ARKit ✨

ARKit is the magic behind the scenes that powers RealityKit apps. I worked with engineers to try out my imaginative use cases for the LiDAR and the 3D scan of the real world new LiDAR devices can create.

Machine Learning 🤖

I've been working with machine learning (ML) models on-device ever since I transformed a ride-on toy Mini Cooper into a self driving car. Instead of running on expensive GPUs in the cloud that require an internet connection and uploading sensitive data, on-device ML works extremely quickly without ever leaving the device.

Apple introduced ML Compute last year that supports training ML models on-device in addition to inference. At this lab, the ML team helped me fill in the missing pieces of an example app from Apple's presentation at the NeurIPS 2020 conference.

SharePlay (Group Activities) 🙋🙋‍♂️🙋‍♀️

SharePlay is a new technology that enables live collaborative experiences through FaceTime. I became interested in pushing the limits of this framework and see how far it can go. The Group Activities team did a great job in their sessions this year, and I'm excited to get started with it next week.

As I mentioned at the beginning of the week, I believe that SharePlay is the most exciting feature for Tumblr to implement this year to help bring communities together.

PHASE Audio Engine 🔊

I discovered PHASE by chance while scrolling through the list of labs, and I am so glad that I made an appointment. PHASE is a completely custom toolkit for creating immersive 3D sound experiences. I chatted with several members of the PHASE team about its capabilities, and I gathered from our conversation that this year is just the beginning of a fascinating technology to keep an eye on.

Design 🎨

Cutting-edge technology cannot change the world without great design, and it's no secret that Apple produces some of the best design work in the industry. That's what makes appointments with the design team so valuable, because they give you feedback on your own apps.

I felt honored that the designers loved my schedule app Mav App and were very interested in my design and development process. I also received feedback on my new app Object Capture UI and my augmented reality experiences.

USD and USDZ 👾

I was wowed by the demo of a USD scene from Pixar's Toy Story 4 rendering in real time in the Preview app. Attending this lab provided me with extremely useful insight on making my USDZ workflows smarter.

watchOS ⌚️

The watchOS team helped me improve the performance of my Apple Watch app's syncing process using Watch Connectivity, a framework to keep iPhone and Apple Watch on the same page.

I'd love to see Tumblr on Apple Watch, especially now that developers can take advantage of the always-on display on Apple Watch Series 5 and 6. Instead of showing a generic clock view, developers can keep relevant information available at a glance while the user's wrist is resting.

HomeKit 🏠

The announcement of Siri support on third party devices at the Keynote piqued my interest at once. As a hardware developer and Raspberry Pi enthusiast, I imagined opening up Siri to embedded devices, similar to the Google Assistant and Amazon Alexa SDKs that have existed for a few years.

Unfortunately, third party Siri devices will be initially restricted to select Apple MFI partners at launch, but I remain hopeful that Apple will open up support to more developers in the future.

SwiftUI 📱

Last but not least, SwiftUI received countless updates to make it even easier to build entire apps in the UI framework that is redefining iOS development.

I was lucky to receive an appointment with the engineers who work on SwiftUI Data Flow, and they helped me navigate a complex use case for communicating and syncing state between SwiftUI and UIKit code.

Looking ahead

After a very busy week, I'm looking forward to taking some time to rest and then continuing to explore the new technologies announced at WWDC. Thank you for following along with me, and it's never too early to count down to WWDC 2022! ⏰

Feel free to check out my work and reach out at any time.

[jeremiahekow]

The image of WWDC 2021 could hide the arrival of Apple Glass | Rumor

The image of WWDC 2021 could hide the arrival of Apple Glass | Rumor

Could this be the right time? A clue in the image of WWDC 2021 could reveal the imminent introduction of the operating system to manage Apple’s AR glasses We have been publishing patents, articles and rumors about Apple glasses for augmented reality for years and this could be the right time. Apple fans know that there is always an Easter egg hidden inside the images created for event…

[alexais128]

iOS 15 unveiled at the WWDC 2021 is a big software update. Apple has introduced many latest features like revamped notifications, Siri upgrades, several new FaceTime features, and many more.

[applekhoreh]

‌‌ برندگان جوایز طراحی ۲۰۲۱ اپل مشخص شدند اپل هر ساله برترین اپلیکیشن‌ها را از نظر طراحی، طی رویداد WWDC معرفی می‌کند. از آنجایی که رویداد امسال به صورت آنلاین برگزار شد، اپل برندگان ۲۰۲۱ را از طریق یک بیانیه مطبوعاتی مشخص کرد. اپل امسال ۱۲ بازی و برنامه را برای طراحی خوب و خلاقانه انتخاب کرده است. مشاهده لیست برندگان به همراه لینک دانلود آن‌ها: x321.ir/8k #wwdc2021 (at تهران سعادت آباد) https://www.instagram.com/p/CQBEL_OMZb0/?utm_medium=tumblr

[thoughtsmoondust]

#dream #goal #appleaddict to attend just for fun and the #experience #wwdc2021 #apple (at Miami, Florida) https://www.instagram.com/p/CP9Ew2bNrfK6sMwKR7L0uQZu1Tt3STbMfqFcf00/?utm_medium=tumblr

[borcaro]

> 基調講演では触れられていなかったが、昨年、iPadOS14で対応となったiPadの手書き文字のテキスト化に、iPadOS 15で日本語も対応するようになったのだ。

これって嬉しいぞ！

[codrs]

🤯 Turn photos into 3D in just one click with Object Capture UI

An app created by Ethan Saadia TLDR: Download the app here

This week I shared an example of 3D scanning a koala with Object Capture using RealityKit on iOS 15. After capturing images on iPhone, iPad, or a separate camera, compatible Mac devices can stitch them together into a 3D model. Apple released two sample apps for Object Capture, one for iOS to take photos and a command line tool for macOS to create the model. Using the macOS sample requires significant familiarity with developer tools like Xcode and Terminal, so I decided to make Object Capture accessible to everyone. With Object Capture UI, you are just one click away from a high quality 3D model. After downloading the app, select a folder of photos to use as an input, and optionally change the model quality. Higher quality means more detail and smoother geometry, but it takes longer to process and produces a larger file size. When you're ready, click Begin Reconstruction, and you're done! The app will then get to work processing the photos, and at the end it will allow you to save it. From there, drop it into AR Quick Look on a mobile device, use it in an Xcode project, or even 3D print it. If you would like to try out Object Capture UI, download it from my GitHub repo here.

[jeremiahekow]

Apple announces virtual WWDC 2021 for June, iOS 15, watchOS 8 and more expected

Apple announces virtual WWDC 2021 for June, iOS 15, watchOS 8 and more expected

Apple officially announced WWDC 2021 this morning through a press release. This year, the conference will take place completely virtually starting June 7. This marks the second year in a row that Apple will hold a virtual Worldwide Developers Conference due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Here’s what Apple says we can look forward to at WWDC 2021: The Apple Worldwide Developers Conference is coming…

[alexais128]

During WWDC 2021, Apple announced various iOS 15 features. iOS 15 is the next significant software update for the iPhone. At first glance, it may seem less exciting than iOS 14. Still, it has many exciting features for users. Whether it be application updates or a complete revamping of notifications, iOS 15 has brought a lot with it.