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FocusZone - A visionOS Focus App with AI Distraction Detection

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The FocusZone welcome card floating in an immersive space

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Introduction

FocusZone is a focus and productivity app we built for Apple Vision Pro: run a Pomodoro timer inside an immersive space, with AI watching for distractions so your attention stays on the work.

It's an exploration of spatial computing that Carol and I did together — she designed the spatial UI/UX, and I handled the visionOS implementation.

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Demo & Source Code

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Why we created this project

When Vision Pro launched, we immediately saw its potential for focused work: immersive environments naturally block out physical distractions, and its rich sensors understand your working context.

But traditional productivity apps weren't designed for spatial computing. We wanted a focus tool that actually uses what Vision Pro can do — not just a timer floating in 3D, but a device that actively helps you notice when you've drifted.

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Key Features

  • Spatial Pomodoro timer: the timer floats in your immersive space — always visible, never in the way.
  • AI distraction detection: your phone entering your view, a sudden spike of noise, frequent head turning — FocusZone gives you a gentle nudge back to work, never a punishment.
  • Immersive environments: from a minimal void to natural scenes, pick the space that puts you in flow.
  • Focus analytics: track focus hours and distraction patterns to learn what actually breaks your concentration.

The Pomodoro timer floating in space

Customizing focus duration and AI detection: head movement, phone, sound

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Technologies

FocusZone is built with SwiftUI and RealityKit on visionOS 2. Distraction detection runs entirely on-device — nothing leaves your headset.

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Closing

FocusZone is an open-source exploration — the code lives on GitHub. If you have a Vision Pro, or you're curious about productivity in spatial computing, browse the code, open an issue, or leave a comment below!