Apple’s Vision Pro is here: These are some of the most exciting indie apps and games

23.03.2024 - 18:03 / techcrunch.com / Pro

With the Vision Pro finally available, many consumers are curious about Apple’s AR/VR headset and the apps that come with it. While some are from companies you recognize — Disney+, Max, TikTok, Zoom, Reddit and others — there are plenty of independent developers that launched visionOS-optimized apps.

From spatial puzzle games to an app where you can view interior design projects in 3D, here are some of the visionOS apps from smaller developers that users can try out when their headset arrives. We’ll keep adding more to this list as they roll out.

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Soul Spire is a spatial puzzle game exclusively developed for the Vision Pro. Players must free the friendly little ghosts trapped within color-shifting cubes.

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Blackbox is a unique spatial puzzle game where, instead of tapping or swiping, players must interact with puzzles — which appear as floating bubbles in the physical world — in other creative ways like singing and rotating, among other methods that don’t involve using their hands.

Image Credits: Tempuno/Michael Temper

Ploppy Pairs is a card-matching game that can be played with friends and family via SharePlay during FaceTime calls. You can also move, scale and rotate the cards so they appear on the coffee table in front of you or make them as big as your floor. Additionally, Michael Temper — the developer behind Ploppy — is launching a hidden-object game called “Where is Ploppy?”.

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Doodle Draw is a simple digital drawing pad where you can brainstorm ideas and use your creativity to sketch doodles with various brushes, pens, markers and colors.

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Tiny Fins is a cute underwater game where you guide a school of fish through bubble rings, avoiding enemies like sharks and squid.

Loóna is a relaxing spatial puzzle game where you have to assemble 3D dioramas that transform into animated scenes.

Tend to your virtual garden right on the coffee table in your living room with Wylde Flowers. This cute farming sim is perfect for cozy gamers who want an Animal Crossing-like game with a magical twist, using spells to control the weather and shapeshifting into a cat to roam their farm.

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NowPlaying is for all your music knowledge and discovery needs. Search your favorite song to learn detailed information about the artists, see recommendations, experience 3D models of Grammys and other music awards, and even earn trophies that can be displayed on a virtual shelf. Thanks to its ShazamKit integration, it also can identify which song is playing in your environment, whether it’s from a vinyl record or a TV show playing in the background.

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