'World’s most advanced flight simulator' will soon work with Apple Vision Pro

When Apple releases visionOS 26.4, Apple Vision Pro will be able to display the “world’s most advanced flight simulator” for the first time. That’s because the upcoming software update introduces support for a key technology that will enable this new immersive flying experience.

X-Plane 12 is dubbed “the world’s most advanced flight simulator,” and it’s already available on the Mac, Windows, and Linux.

Starting with visionOS 26.4, which is currently in beta, X-Plane 12 will come to Apple Vision Pro for the first time.

It turns out visionOS 26.4 enables support for Nvidia’s CloudXR 6.0 technology.

An upcoming companion app for visionOS will use CloudXR to turn Apple Vision Pro into a viewpoint for X-Plane 12. The team behind X-Plane announced the news today:

Later this spring, with NVIDIA CloudXR 6.0 for visionOS 26.4, Apple Vision Pro users will be able to stream immersive PC and cloud-based experiences from NVIDIA RTX systems, including X-Plane 12. 

Spatial computing gives players a whole new way to experience their favorite games. With Apple Vision Pro and your current flight‑sim hardware, you’ll enjoy an immersive flying experience that makes training even more vivid and realistic. 

With the companion app, X-Plane 12 will be able to automatically detect an Apple Vision Pro and stream the flight simulator to the device.

Once it’s available, a companion app will launch on the App Store for Apple Vision Pro. When you launch the app, the sim will automatically detect your Apple Vision Pro and stream X-Plane to your device.

By leveraging image detection through ARKit, the sim can reliably track cockpit positions, allowing you to seamlessly merge the physical and digital worlds. CloudXR also unlocks privacy-preserving foveated streaming, which delivers high-resolution visuals with low latency while keeping gaze data protected.

X-Plane 12 is likely just the first of similar immersive simulator experiences that will be enabled with visionOS 26.4.