Spatial collaboration with co-located and remote teammates

Bring two Apple Vision Pro users into the same VRED scene — over a shared FaceTime call or on the same office WiFi. Sessions are capped at two participants in the free edition; larger sessions require the paid Innoactive Spatial edition.

Immersive for Autodesk VRED supports two collaboration modes — co-located (same room, same WiFi) and remote (different locations, joined via FaceTime + SharePlay). Both expose the same shared model, synchronised laser pointers, and live annotations.

Two-participant cap. The free Immersive for Autodesk VRED edition is limited to two concurrent participants in any one session. For sessions with three or more users, the paid Innoactive Spatial edition lifts this cap up to your enterprise licence's CCU (concurrent-user) allowance. See Spatial collaboration (Innoactive Spatial), or write to support@innoactive.de for an upgrade path.

Two transports, one experience

  • Bonjour LAN — devices on the same WiFi discover each other automatically. Best for design reviews around a physical buck or in a meeting room.
  • SharePlay over FaceTime — participants on a FaceTime call see the same scene through SharePlay. Best for distributed teams.

Prerequisites

  • Immersive for Autodesk VRED installed on both participating Apple Vision Pros.
  • For Bonjour: both devices on the same WiFi subnet. Multicast UDP 224.0.0.251:5353 must be allowed across that subnet — many enterprise switches block it by default. See Ports to whitelist.
  • For co-located sessions: an aligned starting point so both participants share the same physical reference. (Image / Object / Tracker anchoring is a Spatial-only feature; in Immersive both participants align manually.)
  • For remote sessions: each participant has a configured Apple Persona set up on their Vision Pro.

Run a co-located session

  1. Both participants pick their workstation and start streaming.
  2. The host opens the Collaboration menu at the top, selects Present, and taps Start.
  3. The participant joins the session.
  4. When using VRED, each participant's user name is shown above them in the scene.
  5. The presenter places the car as usual — position and rotation sync to the other participant.
  6. Annotations and laser pointers sync between participants.

Run a remote session

  1. Both participants start their stream on their workstation.
  2. The host taps the SharePlay button to the right of the window handle and starts a FaceTime call with the other participant.
  3. SharePlay automatically joins the two of you into the same group session.
  4. Annotations and laser pointers sync across the call.
  5. Each participant appears as their Apple Persona and can talk to the other.

Tips and limitations

  • Eraser and undo broadcast the full drawing state to the peer, not per-stroke deltas. Brief network bursts on a large drawing are expected.
  • The two-participant cap is enforced. A third joining attempt will be blocked — upgrade to Innoactive Spatial if you regularly need three or more participants in the same session.