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An illustration of the spiky wheel scene: a blue ball covered in cone spikes turns pink where it presses into rows of upright pink, orange and white capsules standing on a cream base

RealityKit

RealitySDFPhysics

Rigid bodies made of signed distance fields for RealityKit, so concave shapes collide as they are.

Illustration of a rectangle wrapped by a three-dimensional ribbon giving the sensation of melting in reference to the dilation process for outline drawing

RealityKit

RealityKit Outline Selection

ℹ️Update (October 2026): This is now a Swift package Beyond the RealityView effect described here, it adds: * ARView support back to iOS 15 (UIKit/AppKit) via install(on:), prompted by Richard Hasson's email * outlines that follow moving entities (transforms refresh every frame, not just at selection) * multi-

Stylized illustration of a melting cube with axis indicators and a ring around it. It mimics a 3D viewfinder

RCP

Entity.write(to:)

Reality Composer from macOS (not Pro) was quietly sunset not too long ago. Aside from being a graphical editor that allowed for basic scene setup, it also had other great utilities, such as cross-platform preview and some popular features that allowed for creating interaction with triggers and events. Reality

iPhone 15 Pro shows the controls gallery

Accessibility

Control Center Accessibility (iOS18)

Control Center is about to receive an update on the upcoming release of iOS 18. Controls are a new type of widget that extend app functionality into system spaces like Control Center, the Lock Screen, and the Action button.There are two types of controls: buttons and toggles. Controls use

iOS

You will be missed, Big Nerd Ranch

It breaks my heart to hear that Big Nerd Ranch is closing

Shader

pattern draw take 2

Shader

pattern draw

Shader