Spatial collaboration with co-located and remote teammates

Bring multiple Apple Vision Pro users into the same scene — over a shared FaceTime call or on the same office WiFi — with synchronised annotations and laser pointers.

Innoactive Spatial supports two collaboration modes — co-located (same room, same WiFi) and remote (different locations, joined via FaceTime + SharePlay). Both expose the same shared model, synchronised laser pointers, and live annotations.

Two transports, one experience

  • Bonjour LAN — devices on the same WiFi discover each other automatically. Best for design reviews around a physical buck or in a meeting room.
  • SharePlay over FaceTime — participants on a FaceTime call see the same scene through SharePlay. Best for distributed teams.

Prerequisites

  • Innoactive Spatial installed on every participating Apple Vision Pro.
  • A licence whose CCU (concurrent user) cap covers the participant count.
  • For Bonjour: all devices on the same WiFi subnet. Multicast UDP 224.0.0.251:5353 must be allowed across that subnet — many enterprise switches block it by default. See Ports to whitelist.
  • For co-located sessions: a printed image marker so everyone can anchor to the same physical reference.
  • For remote sessions: each participant has a configured Apple Persona set up on their Vision Pro.

Run a co-located session

  1. Every participant picks their workstation and starts streaming.
  2. The host opens the Collaboration menu at the top, selects Present, and taps Start.
  3. Everyone scans the image marker to physically align the scene.
  4. When using VRED, each participant's user name is shown above them in the scene.
  5. The presenter places the car as usual — position and rotation sync to every participant.
  6. Annotations and laser pointers sync across all participants.

Run a remote session

  1. Every participant starts their stream on their workstation.
  2. The host taps the SharePlay button to the right of the window handle and starts a FaceTime call with the other participants.
  3. SharePlay automatically joins everyone into the same group session.
  4. Annotations and laser pointers sync across the call.
  5. Each participant appears as their Apple Persona and can talk to the others.

Testing collaboration alone

If you are preparing or verifying a collaboration flow on your own — starting on Vision Pro #1, then walking over to Vision Pro #2 to join — Vision Pro #1 goes to sleep the moment it comes off your head, which ends the collaboration session before Vision Pro #2 can join it.

To work around this, keep the presenter device from sleeping between setup and join:

  • Use the anti-sleep cap accessory in Apple Vision Pro accessories and comfort tips — the cap covers the eye sensors and holds the device awake off-head.
  • Ask a colleague to keep the presenter Vision Pro on their head while you walk to Vision Pro #2.
  • Test with a partner already wearing Vision Pro #2, so both devices stay wearer-active from the start.

Whichever route you choose, remember the presenter still has to explicitly select Become presenter on Vision Pro #1 before starting; a session that is not promoted does not propagate to joiners.

Tips and limitations

  • Eraser and undo broadcast the full drawing state to peers, not per-stroke deltas. Brief network bursts on a large drawing are expected.
  • The CCU cap is enforced. If your licence is for 4 users, the 5th participant cannot join; raise this with your account contact if you outgrow your cap.