Apple's interest in AI models and their applications in spatial computing shows no signs of slowing down, even as some claim the Apple Vision Pro is dead.

In April 2026 , it was argued that the Apple Vision Pro was an outright failure and that, as a result, we'd never see a successor product. That rumor, though it always seemed unreasonable, has since come into question .

Even though the company's Vision Products Group may have seen some changes, there's ultimately still hope for a new generation of the Apple Vision Pro. Apple's AI research suggests the company hasn't abandoned its spatial-related projects.

On the contrary, new studies posted on the Apple Machine Learning blog explore the use of LLMs in sign language annotation, 3D head modeling, and more.…