Telegram is engaged on releasing a visionOS app that can permit customers to entry the messaging app on the Apple Vision Pro blended actuality headset subsequent yr, and the app’s founder has revealed how the app will seem on Apple’s first spatial pc. Users will have the ability to entry their chats through a translucent interface and dictate messages — or kind them utilizing a digital keyboard. The app will even have the ability to show media like movies that seem in am immersive view.
In a video posted to his channel on Tuesday, Telegram Founder Pavel Durov confirmed off the primary idea of the app on visionOS. While Apple confirmed off a couple of examples of app’s working on the Apple Vision Pro at its annual Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC 2023), this is among the first detailed examples of an app working on Apple’s upcoming working system for the blended actuality headset.
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The video shared by Durov begins with the visionOS app listing, exhibiting the Telegram icon that’s highlighted with an animation when it’s chosen — that is anticipated to be commonplace behaviour for apps on visionOS when it’s out there to clients subsequent yr.
The app demo reveals Telegram for visionOS with a left-aligned listing of chats within the app, and choosing a window will open it on the correct. You can ship messages through Siri, or use the default digital keyboard out there in visionOS. The demo reveals three-dimensional animated stickers and emoji reactions, nevertheless it’s unclear whether or not the ultimate model will embrace these animations as they seem to take over many of the show.
Telegram for visionOS will even assist media comparable to movies, and tapping on a video will open it in an immersive view that dims the remainder of the interface whereas the media is enjoying. The app will even allow you to view tales, situated on the prime left nook of the display. Meanwhile, the demo reveals small icons for profile and calls sections, however they are not proven within the video. More particulars on Telegram for visionOS are anticipated to be out there nearer to the discharge of the app — Apple’s blended actuality headset is anticipated to go on sale within the US in early 2024.