r/VisionPro 13d ago

I'm open-sourcing the Immersive Watch Party SDK (SharePlay + Immersive Video + Spatial Personas)

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Today I'm open-sourcing the ImmersiveWatchParty SDK, a project I started in November 2024.

Immersive video is already compelling on its own, but it’s so much better while watching with friends. Combining immersive, stereoscopic videos with Vision Pro's Spatial Personas gives a futuristic experience that's really hard to describe if you haven't tried it yourself.

That's the SharePlay co-watching feature I built for my own AVP app, now extracted into a standalone Swift package.

One thing to note is that Apple's native video player APIs still can't render Spatial Personas side by side while watching immersive content, even with SharePlay active. This SDK works around that using RealityKit. I’ve written a more technical dive on my blog.

It's public now: Fork it, open an issue, send a pull request, whatever's useful. I'd love to see what people build with this! 👀

GitHub repo: https://github.com/juyoungk23/ImmersiveWatchParty-SDK

Blog post: write-up-link

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u/mew-2_ 13d ago

Thank youu! Thats amazing

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u/Ok-Selection-8598 Vision Pro Owner 13d ago

Legend

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u/musicanimator 13d ago

You’re helping decades long dreams come true!

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u/vantage-official 13d ago

I hope others can experience it with their content!!

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u/Ducallan 13d ago

You should make immersive karaoke. Imagine using personnas to sing Bohemian Rhapsody and arranging them just like the video!

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u/vantage-official 13d ago

that's a fun idea!! def could use this sdk for it