Yeah, I noticed last night Beta 5 was released along with a new simulator. I removed Beta 4 and reinstalled the new one. Unfortunately, the weird issue persists. Do you reckon I need to do something special to the project to make sure I'm really using the latest version of everything? Or should it be already working as it is?

I was not aware there was a direct way to post bug reports. Thank you so much for sharing! The feedback has been posted. Bug number FB12790129. Appreciated!

Also, if that is the case, are there any provisions to prevent damage from accidental sunlight entering the device, directly into the lenses?

Do you happen to have an Intel-based Mac? If so, this might be relevant to you: https://developer.apple.com/forums/thread/739277 Ever since it happened, I can no longer use the Simulator I have already installed in my machine - and it seems that, unless Apple decides to change its decision, I won't be able to anymore.

Are you, by any chance, using an Intel-based Mac? If so, this might be relevant to you: https://developer.apple.com/forums/thread/739277 I'm somewhat surprised that you already have access to the actual hardware. But, anyway, the message they posted was not really related to a simulator, but to VisionOS dev in general...

I'm pretty sure now that this is actually relevant to you: https://developer.apple.com/forums/thread/739277 It happened. The VisionOS simulator no longer runs in Intel-based Macs. I have no idea how they managed to disable it, but they did.

Yes.

Is the machine you’re currently working in for this project, by any chance, an Intel-based Mac? If so, this might be relevant to you: https://developer.apple.com/forums/thread/739277

Believe it or not, this is relevant - Apple recently removed forcibly the option to use VisionOS simulator from Intel-based Macs, because "Developing for visionOS requires a Mac with Apple silicon". If that is your case, this might also be relevant to you: https://developer.apple.com/forums/thread/739277

Answer is still no. I do not understand how they did it (probably as part of the last update), but Apple magically disabled the thing from working in Intel-based macs. Which is a shame - they are forcing us to discard perfectly working machines because of… reasons. They really seem to think we got lots and lots of money to spend on new macs. This is unreasonable.

That's true, unfortunately. Apple now wants to throw away our perfectly good Intel-based machines, to purchase barely, slightly better machines to do VisionOS stuff. Weird, but true.

Also, after installing the latest beta, make sure that you install it in an apple-silicon based machine. Intel-based machines are no longer usable to run the simulator (even though they were perfectly fine doing it just a while ago). This might be relevant to you: https://developer.apple.com/forums/thread/739277 .

Finally got an answer from the posted feedback. 4 months later. The answer? "Please know that visionOS simulator isn’t supported on Intel machines. Developing for visionOS requires a Mac with Apple silicon." sigh That's obviously what they were going to say; It took 1+ month after they disabled the simulator in Intel-based machines, and introduce the other one, before answering; Despite what I said earlier, I just don´t have the money to get a new machine. Have you guys, ever wished, so hard, to give a collective "f****k you" to a whole company, but had to resist to do it on grounds of not wishing to have your reputation and professionalism level brought directly into the ground? That's me right now.