# FocusZone - A visionOS Focus App with AI Distraction Detection

- Canonical: https://easonchang.com/posts/focuszone
- Date: 2024-09-15T00:00:00.000Z
- Language: en
- Description: FocusZone is a focus and productivity app for Apple Vision Pro: a Pomodoro timer paired with AI distraction detection (phone appearance, noise, head movement) that guards your attention inside immersive spaces.

![The FocusZone welcome card floating in an immersive space](/images/focuszone/focuszone-welcome.png)

## 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](https://carolhsiao.com) and I did together — she designed the spatial UI/UX, and I handled the visionOS implementation.

## Demo & Source Code

- **Source code:** [github.com/eason-dev/FocusZone](https://github.com/eason-dev/FocusZone)
- **Platform:** Apple Vision Pro (visionOS 2)

## 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.

## 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](/images/focuszone/focuszone-timer.png)

![Customizing focus duration and AI detection: head movement, phone, sound](/images/focuszone/focuszone-customize.png)

## Technologies

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

## Closing

FocusZone is an open-source exploration — the code lives on [GitHub](https://github.com/eason-dev/FocusZone). 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!