Alibaba’s DingTalk, miHoYo’s Honkai: Star Rail among Chinese apps launching on Apple Vision Pro headset
- The visionOS version of DingTalk supports special features available only on Apple’s new device, including realistic avatars known as Persona
- Global hit game Honkai: Star Rail from miHoYo and Chinese online travel company Trip.com are also said to be launching native Vision Pro apps
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DingTalk, the work collaboration platform run by Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holding, has launched a native app for Apple’s newly released Vision Pro headset, allowing users to send messages and hold video meetings in a three-dimensional virtual environment.
The Vision Pro version of DingTalk is equipped with special features, including options to display multiple windows and draw on the screen using hand gestures, according to the app. Alibaba is the owner of the South China Morning Post.
DingTalk on visionOS also supports Persona, a Vision Pro feature that lets users create realistic avatars of themselves by scanning their faces, to be used in video calls. These avatars are designed to be digital representations of the users, recreating their facial expressions by tracking their movements in real time.
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DingTalk joins several Chinese apps that have announced support for Apple’s new headset, which is currently available only in the US, although the Californian giant reportedly has plans to introduce the device to other markets later, including China.
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