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While I don't plan to purchase one, I do feel a desire to buy an iPhone 15 Pro just so I can start capturing spatial video just in case this DOES succeed. I won

While I don't plan to purchase one, I do feel a desire to buy an iPhone 15 Pro just so I can start capturing spatial video just in case this DOES succeed. I won't purchase one, because I'm always a few generations of iPhones behind, but the desire is there.

bombcar 3y ago
From the accidental tech podcast accidental leaks from Vision Labs (you have to listen between the lines) you’re going to want much much more resolution than the 15 Pro does. Wait for the 16 or further, I’d say.
- elicash 3y ago
  Fair, though I'm also getting married in April. I've considered renting one for a single day, if that's even possible, because once moments past you can't really get them back. It's the same for people with kids, you can wait and just capture through all our existing great cameras, but if spatial video is eventually a thing you'll wish you had that from when they were a certain age, too. Even if you don't have the viewing device anytime soon, you'll wish you had the capture later. That said, I think a professional photographer will be more than enough. I'm just explaining the buying impulse that I have for capture.
  - zaptrem 3y ago
    You should rent a professional stereoscopic camera for a day. That way the resolution will stand up for years.
  - bombcar 3y ago
    As someone who got married in an April, I can highly recommend just using a professional photographer, and if you really want, pay a bit extra to make sure they bring an assistant with an iPhone 15 Pro Max. You could rent one, but hire someone to do that; you won't have the time to run a camera.
1shooner 3y ago
'Spatial video'? I guess this is just an Apple marketing term because they don't want to say 3D? Can you imagine how boring non-spatial video would be?
- elicash 3y ago
  No, it's not the same as 3D. They are 6DOF videos, essentially, so you can change perspective.
  - two_handfuls 3y ago
    Nah. They are stereo 3D videos with depth data. You can only change perspective very little.
    - elicash 3y ago
      I think we're saying the same thing, that it's not the same as 3D video. Totally fine to say their version of it is bad because you can only change perspective very little. But saying it's "only" 3D would I think confuse people more, since it'd be wrong.
      - sigmar 3y ago
        I would call it "3d with parallax using sensor-derived depth data." 3d mesh models can be rotated and are still considered 3d, not 6dof or any new term.
        elicash 3y ago
        I like that description very much. It's a bit wordy so don't exactly fault Apple for not using it in marketing materials. But I do prefer it for more general use and might steal that!
- sigmar 3y ago
  assuming it is because apple did focus groups and knows that everyone associates "3D" with the 2003-2010 "3D movie" hype/gimmick.
burningion 3y ago
I have the 15 Pro, and I don't think it's worth it. There's dual camera sensors, but they're extremely close, and the depth effect only works when recording up close. I've taken a few videos of my kid, but I can't watch them. There are converters from the iPhone's depth format [MV-HEVC](http://www.hevc.info/mvhevc http://www.hevc.info/mvhevc) to stuff that can run on Quest devices, but they don't seem to be that great. (You need to have it in a different format like Side By Side, or SBS.) As the other commenter said, better to wait.
GeekyBear 3y ago
Journalists have written about viewing videos they shot with an iPhone on the headset. > I Saw My Life in iPhone Spatial Video on Apple Vision Pro https://www.cnet.com/tech/computing/i-saw-my-iphone-spatial-movies-in-apple-vision-pro/ https://www.cnet.com/tech/computing/i-saw-my-iphone-spatial-... > I got to experience my own Spatial Videos and photos on the Apple Vision Pro, and it was incredibly moving https://www.thestreet.com/deals/apple-vision-pro-spatial-video-photos-app-hands-on-review https://www.thestreet.com/deals/apple-vision-pro-spatial-vid... > Seeing your own spatial video on Vision Pro is an immersive trip – and I highly recommend it https://www.techradar.com/computing/virtual-reality-augmented-reality/seeing-your-own-spatial-video-on-vision-pro-is-an-immersive-trip-and-i-highly-recommend-it https://www.techradar.com/computing/virtual-reality-augmente...
caskstrength 3y ago
Just wait for iPhone 16 when they will pull HTC Evo 3D on you and will allow not just recording but also watching spatial video ;)

bombcar 3y ago

From the accidental tech podcast accidental leaks from Vision Labs (you have to listen between the lines) you’re going to want much much more resolution than the 15 Pro does. Wait for the 16 or further, I’d say.

elicash 3y ago
Fair, though I'm also getting married in April. I've considered renting one for a single day, if that's even possible, because once moments past you can't really get them back. It's the same for people with kids, you can wait and just capture through all our existing great cameras, but if spatial video is eventually a thing you'll wish you had that from when they were a certain age, too. Even if you don't have the viewing device anytime soon, you'll wish you had the capture later. That said, I think a professional photographer will be more than enough. I'm just explaining the buying impulse that I have for capture.
- zaptrem 3y ago
  You should rent a professional stereoscopic camera for a day. That way the resolution will stand up for years.
- bombcar 3y ago
  As someone who got married in an April, I can highly recommend just using a professional photographer, and if you really want, pay a bit extra to make sure they bring an assistant with an iPhone 15 Pro Max. You could rent one, but hire someone to do that; you won't have the time to run a camera.

1shooner 3y ago

'Spatial video'? I guess this is just an Apple marketing term because they don't want to say 3D? Can you imagine how boring non-spatial video would be?

elicash 3y ago
No, it's not the same as 3D. They are 6DOF videos, essentially, so you can change perspective.
- two_handfuls 3y ago
  Nah. They are stereo 3D videos with depth data. You can only change perspective very little.
  - elicash 3y ago
    I think we're saying the same thing, that it's not the same as 3D video. Totally fine to say their version of it is bad because you can only change perspective very little. But saying it's "only" 3D would I think confuse people more, since it'd be wrong.
    - sigmar 3y ago
      I would call it "3d with parallax using sensor-derived depth data." 3d mesh models can be rotated and are still considered 3d, not 6dof or any new term.
      - elicash 3y ago
        I like that description very much. It's a bit wordy so don't exactly fault Apple for not using it in marketing materials. But I do prefer it for more general use and might steal that!
sigmar 3y ago
assuming it is because apple did focus groups and knows that everyone associates "3D" with the 2003-2010 "3D movie" hype/gimmick.

burningion 3y ago

I have the 15 Pro, and I don't think it's worth it. There's dual camera sensors, but they're extremely close, and the depth effect only works when recording up close. I've taken a few videos of my kid, but I can't watch them. There are converters from the iPhone's depth format [MV-HEVC](http://www.hevc.info/mvhevc http://www.hevc.info/mvhevc) to stuff that can run on Quest devices, but they don't seem to be that great. (You need to have it in a different format like Side By Side, or SBS.) As the other commenter said, better to wait.

GeekyBear 3y ago

Journalists have written about viewing videos they shot with an iPhone on the headset. > I Saw My Life in iPhone Spatial Video on Apple Vision Pro https://www.cnet.com/tech/computing/i-saw-my-iphone-spatial-movies-in-apple-vision-pro/ https://www.cnet.com/tech/computing/i-saw-my-iphone-spatial-... > I got to experience my own Spatial Videos and photos on the Apple Vision Pro, and it was incredibly moving https://www.thestreet.com/deals/apple-vision-pro-spatial-video-photos-app-hands-on-review https://www.thestreet.com/deals/apple-vision-pro-spatial-vid... > Seeing your own spatial video on Vision Pro is an immersive trip – and I highly recommend it https://www.techradar.com/computing/virtual-reality-augmented-reality/seeing-your-own-spatial-video-on-vision-pro-is-an-immersive-trip-and-i-highly-recommend-it https://www.techradar.com/computing/virtual-reality-augmente...

caskstrength 3y ago

Just wait for iPhone 16 when they will pull HTC Evo 3D on you and will allow not just recording but also watching spatial video ;)