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visuellstudios

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Dec 8, 2025
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Hi all,

With the holidays coming up, I wanted to share a project I built entirely for Apple Vision Pro. Over the last three weeks, I created Santa’s Village, a fully immersive holiday micro-world that transforms your space into a living North Pole diorama. It just launched on the App Store, and since MacRumors is one of my favorite Apple communities, I thought some of you might enjoy taking a look.

The app is built 100 percent in RealityKit natively. No Unity, no Unreal, no cross-platform engine. Everything is handcrafted inside Apple’s visionOS tooling so the performance and spatial integration feel as seamless and “Apple-native” as possible.

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The concept is simple. What if you could actually step inside a snow globe? Santa’s Village surrounds you with:

  • shimmering volumetric snowfall
  • playful animated elves
  • a mischievous Yeti
  • a festive little steam train with spatial audio
  • warm glowing lanterns and cozy lighting
  • Santa Claus brought to life in your space
It is not a game and not a passive video. It is meant to be a cozy, joyful, nostalgic environment you can return to throughout the season. My goal was to capture that classic holiday feeling and reimagine it through the lens of spatial computing.

If anyone here is exploring RealityKit, native visionOS development, or simply wants something festive to show friends and family, I would love your thoughts or feedback. I am also happy to answer any technical or creative questions about building natively for Vision Pro.

The app is called Santa’s Village: Holiday Magic and is available now on the App Store for Apple Vision Pro.

Happy holidays! ❄️🎄✨
 
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