Safari on visionOS now exposes a JavaScript immersive API that lets websites transport users into full 3D environments using the HTML model element, mirroring the Fullscreen API pattern with requestImmersive(). Developers can build inline 3D previews and seamless transitions into spatial environments directly from a webpage.
ā¢ Web developers can create fully immersive spatial experiences (virtual theaters, escape rooms, marketing environments) that launch from a standard webpage in Safari on Apple Vision Pro ā no app required.
ā¢ The API follows the existing Fullscreen API pattern, so any developer familiar with requestFullscreen() can adopt requestImmersive() with minimal friction.
ā¢ Environments built for visionOS apps (USDZ assets, RealityKit scenes) can be repurposed for web marketing experiences, dramatically extending ROI on existing spatial content.
Liquid Glass is Apple's new material and visual design language introduced in iOS 27, bringing translucent, refractive glass-like surfaces to system and custom UI elements. It replaces the frosted vibrancy aesthetic with a more dynamic, depth-aware material that responds to content beneath it.
iOS 27 introduces new SwiftUI drag and drop APIs including reorderable, reorderContainer, dragContainer, and configuration modifiers that enable reordering within and across collections, multi-item drag, and fine-grained control over how data is transferred during drag and drop operations.
PaperKit is Apple's full-featured canvas framework ā previously internal-only ā now publicly available in iOS/macOS/visionOS 27. It powers the drawing and markup experience in Notes, Preview, and Freeform, giving developers access to a complete pencil, shapes, images, and text canvas with a rich data model.
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RealityKit & USDKit in iOS 27 āiOS 27 enforces stricter adaptivity requirements for UIKit apps, making iPhone apps fully resizable in iPhone Mirroring and on iPad, while introducing new navigation bar minimization controls, sidebar opt-in for iPhone tab bars, and prominent tab customization.