After a few months of using it in beta, visionOS 2 isn't a dramatic change - it's more like a smoothed-out version of the software the headset launched with. The addition of things like new gestures, better device support, and a couple of splashy features has removed a lot of the friction of using the Vision Pro and should give people who own it a reason to dust it off and take it for another spin.
Apple has added Bluetooth mouse support and the ability to rearrange apps on the homescreen, which were strictly laid out in alphabetical order before. You can also pull the iPad and iPhone apps out of the folder they default to and put them with your Vision Pro-native apps - hooray! I'd really like to be able to create new folders because, once you get over three pages of apps, finding one can be cumbersome, especially if you don't remember its name. Oh well, maybe next time.
Getting around the operating system is easier now thanks to new gesture controls that let you summon the homescreen by tapping your fingers together after a circle appears when you look at your palm. Flip your hand over like you're looking at your watch, and the circle morphs into a pill-shaped status bar showing the time, battery level, and volume level.
Compared to the old way of looking up to tap on a small circle to bring control widgets down, the new gestures feel more natural and, importantly, more fun. Months later, I still have to resist the dramatic urge to do an unnecessary hand flourish and say 'magic!' when I'm bringing up the menus.
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