Apple Vision Pro Eye Scrolling: visionOS 3 Brings Hands-Free Navigation
If you’ve been wondering how to scroll on Apple Vision Pro without using your hands, the upcoming visionOS 3 update has an exciting answer: eye tracking-based scrolling. This breakthrough feature allows users to navigate apps, browse websites, and read content using only their eyes—no gestures required. Eye scrolling is part of Apple’s latest innovation in spatial computing, enhancing accessibility, user experience, and device interaction. With visionOS 3, Apple is pushing the boundaries of AR/VR headset control through intuitive, hands-free technology.
According to Bloomberg, Apple is developing this advanced eye control feature for all native apps in the Vision Pro ecosystem. Instead of needing to glance and tap using hand gestures, users will simply look at content and scroll naturally using just their eyes. This capability leverages Vision Pro's sophisticated eye tracking cameras and builds on existing interaction models already available in the device.
Apple is also preparing developer APIs, enabling third-party apps to adopt this seamless input method. This move is expected to accelerate adoption across immersive applications such as VR productivity tools, spatial web browsers, and AR reading experiences, making Vision Pro even more compelling in enterprise, creative, and educational use cases.
The Apple Vision Pro already supports iris scanning for biometric authentication and uses real-time gaze tracking to detect where users are looking. This technology isn’t entirely new for Apple—similar capabilities have been introduced in iOS Accessibility features, where iPhones and iPads can track eye movement to control the on-screen pointer. Now, visionOS 3 brings that accessibility innovation to mixed reality.
This major update will debut at WWDC 2025 on Monday, June 9, where Apple will likely reveal more about its broader visionOS roadmap, including updates for developers, new user interface paradigms, and performance enhancements.
Stay tuned for full coverage of WWDC 2025, including how visionOS 3 is redefining the future of human-computer interaction.
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