Apple Vision Pro Third party software does not have access to the camera

existVisionProCurrently, only Apple's software can directly capture the real world.

苹果宣传捕捉空间照片和视频是Vision Pro的卖点，但在WWDC23的Developer TalkIn the report, an Apple engineer confirmed that third-party developers cannot obtain the camera feed of the camera, citing privacy issues.

So, if you try to run aipadWhat happens to the application?

For the selfie camera, visionOS will return a virtual webcam view showing your Persona — which is Apple's name for the realistic avatars it uses to enable face tracking. That means you'll be able to continue using iPad video calling apps like Zoom without specific developer integrations.

However, for the rear camera, visionOS will return a black no camera icon. This ensures that the app will function properly, but obviously renders any in-app photography experience useless. It also prevents developers from building their own computer vision solutions.

Meta也禁止其QuestRaw camera access on head-mounted displays, also citing privacy concerns, andHTC也在其Vive XR Elite上屏蔽了它。HTC的头戴式显示器确实具有内置的ArUco基准标记跟踪。

ByteDance does not allow consumersPICO 4上的原始摄像头访问，但销售给注册企业的PICO 4 Enterprise却允许它，这是独立头戴式显示器中唯一的例外。

XR headsets are a new category in wider culture, and companies like Apple, Meta, and HTC may be trying to avoid negative PR if an app exploits raw camera access for nefarious purposes. This may change as head-mounted displays become more widely adopted and accepted in society, just as iPhone developers didn't get access to raw cameras until iOS 4 in 2010.