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Four animated characters from Lost in Play — a young girl named Gal, a duck wearing pilot's goggles, a large frog holding a mug of tea, and a gnome with a bushy beard — float above a picnic blanket in a green field.

BEHIND THE DESIGN

Creating the make-believe magic
of Lost in Play

Discover how the developers of this Apple Design Award-winning game conjured up an imaginative world of oversized frogs,
mischievous gnomes, and occasional pizzas.
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Build local experiences with room tracking

Use room tracking in visionOS to provide custom interactions with physical spaces.
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Preview your app‘s interface in Xcode

Iterate designs quickly and preview how your app displays across different Apple devices.
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Explore the Apple Music Feed

Now available through the Apple Developer Program, the Apple Music Feed provides rich catalog metadata for developing experiences that link back to Apple Music.

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Updates to runtime protection in macOS Sequoia

Learn how to create a smooth and secure user experience for apps distributed outside the Mac App Store.

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Evaluate your app‘s performance

Find out what’s working — and what you can improve — with peer group benchmark metrics across app categories, business models, and download volumes.
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