Lock the device to one app with Guided Access

Use visionOS Guided Access to lock a shared Vision Pro to Innoactive Spatial only — ideal for demos, events, and training rooms.

Apple Vision Pro's Guided Access is a visionOS accessibility mode that locks the device to a single running app and disables most exit gestures and hardware buttons until you end the session with a passcode. It is useful when you want to hand the device over in a controlled way — design reviews, demos, events, training rooms, and kiosk-style deployments where users should not be able to leave the Innoactive Spatial app by accident.

Guided Access vs. Guest Mode

These are two different visionOS features and are easy to confuse:

  • Guest Mode is designed to let another person briefly use the headset without seeing your data. It walks the guest through eye and hand setup and gives them access to the full system.
  • Guided Access locks the device into the single app currently open. The user cannot switch apps, open the home view, or trigger most system gestures, and the physical buttons can be disabled. Ending the session requires the Guided Access passcode.

For locked-down demo or kiosk use, Guided Access is the one you want.

Before you start: enable Guided Access

You only need to do this once per device.

  1. Open Settings.
  2. Go to Accessibility → Guided Access.
  3. Turn on Guided Access.
  4. Open Passcode Settings and tap Set Guided Access Passcode. Set a passcode you will remember — it is required to end every session.

Optional configuration:

  • Time Limits — choose whether to play a sound or speak the time remaining before a session ends.
  • Accessibility Shortcut — confirm the shortcut is enabled so you can start a session quickly from inside any app.

Start a Guided Access session

  1. Open Innoactive Spatial (or whichever app you want to lock the device into).
  2. Activate Guided Access via the Accessibility Shortcut (for example, triple-click the Digital Crown, if that is the shortcut you configured).
  3. Tap Session Settings and toggle the options you need:
    • Interface Interaction — disable to block accidental gestures.
    • App Repositioning — disable to lock the app window in place.
    • Keyboards — disable to prevent the virtual keyboard from appearing.
    • Time Limit — set a maximum session length (useful at events to recycle the device between visitors).
  4. Tap Start Guided Access.

The app is now locked. Physical buttons on the headset are disabled for the duration of the session, and the user cannot leave the app on their own.

End a Guided Access session

Triple-click the Digital Crown, then enter the Guided Access passcode. The session ends and the device returns to normal behavior.

Notes and caveats

  • The hands and eyes setup can be skipped. Guided Access keeps the current calibration, so you can hand the headset to a new user mid-event without re-doing the full setup each time. This is the main reason it is practical for booth demos and training rooms.
  • Some functionality may be restricted while active. Beyond the options you toggle in Session Settings, other visionOS features may behave differently inside Guided Access. Test your specific scenario end-to-end before relying on Guided Access in a customer-facing event.
  • The passcode is the only way out. If you forget it, the device must be restarted, and in the worst case restored. Store the passcode somewhere your event team can reach.

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