You'll soon be able to display your Mac as an ultrawide display on the Vision Pro
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You can finally display your Mac on the Apple Vision Pro with new wide and ultrawide options. We updated to the latest beta to test it out.
The new mirroring capabilities are part of visionOS 2.2, which recently launched as an early developer beta. We updated our Apple Vision Pro — and our MacBook Pro — to macOS 15.2 to try it out.
visionOS 2.2 update coming by the end of the year
The update isn't available to the public yet, but its full release is expected to coincide with other upcoming Apple releases scheduled for early December.
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How to Use the Ultra-Wide Display on Apple Vision Pro
You start mirroring your Mac the same way you did before. Turn on the Vision Pro and look at your Mac's display.
You should see a small “Connect” button stuck in place. Click it, and your Mac's display will turn black as the mirrored display appears.
There are three aspect ratios in this update
Now, however, there's a new drop-down menu centered above the mirrored display. When you select it, you'll be presented with the options of 'normal', 'wide', and 'ultrawide'.
Comparison of the three mirror display sizes
Wide and ultrawide are both new sizes, and they give you a lot more screen real estate to work with.
The full-size display has always been incredibly cramped, and the new capabilities were essential for productivity with the Vision Pro.
Use your Mac outdoors with the Vision Pro
The display is resizable, of course, and you can adjust it by dragging the bottom-right corner. By grabbing the strip in the middle, you can move it anywhere in the space, including up and down, back and forth.
As you move it away from you, the display straightens out, but as it gets closer to you, it begins to curve. The curve is stunning, and mimics the curve of a dedicated ultrawide display like the popular Odyssey G9.
The ultrawide screen looks fantastic
When placed virtually at about desk level, you have to turn your head a little to look at the sides of the display, but not in a bad way. Sometimes it felt like the ultra-wide settings were too wide.
Putting our Final Cut Pro timeline on an ultra-wide screen leaves too much space. This is especially true if you use full-screen apps.
Apps can go to four corners
There is one useful change in macOS Sequoia that helps a little. You can snap apps to different places, such as the four corners or split the screen.
Apple says that using the ultra-wide screen is the equivalent of two 4K monitors side by side. Check your System Preferences, and its resolution is 5120 by 1440, which is typical for ultra-wide displays.
Finally, now that we've started using it more often, we've come to appreciate the keyboard camouflage. If you use Apple's Magic Keyboard, it will be visible in whatever environment you're in.
Visible keyboard even when we're on the beach
This allows you to see the keys as you type, even when you're immersed in any of a variety of environments.
Other improvements in visionOS 2.2
The new ultra-wide and wide options aren't the only changes to mirroring with visionOS 2.2. Mirrored screens look much sharper, making text easier to read.
It might just be us, but it also feels even more responsive. The improved responsiveness makes gaming awesome.
Any Mac game can now be mirrored and played with a wireless controller on a massive, ultra-wide, IMAX-sized screen on the surface of the moon.
Apple's Vision Pro just keeps getting better
Also, audio no longer goes through your Mac's speakers. Instead, it goes through the Vision Pro's speakers, which is easier to hear.
We'll have to wait and see if any other features are added by launch.
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