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  • Apple YouTube video answers often-asked iPhone switching queries

    To AppleInsider:
    Can you put a link to the video in the story?  
    I’d like to send it, after reviewing, to Android using friends who are curious about switching and hesitate, thinking it’s a hassle. 
    appleinsideruserwatto_cobrajony0
  • Spatial Video recording for iPhone 15 Pro introduced in iOS 17.2 beta 2

    I have to wonder if next year’s iPhone 16 Pro iPhones might have an extra ‘regular’ wide camera about 2.5” center to center away from current location towards the other end of the iPhone for landscape mode.  That’s the average distance between the center of each iris, or between each retina (2.5”= 63mm average).  That would be to shoot in landscape. Optionally it could be fudged for lower end of range for 2.2” or 67mm for portrait mode and located across the top.  

    Since this  is about a feature in the next release of iOS, maybe it’ll utilize two of the cameras that exist in the current iPhones, fudged down to that distance to get some depth with obvious improvement with the Vision Pro camera separation distance when it comes out. 

    Considering Apple’s computational use of two cameras in its current lineup, it seems that they can achieve some depth with the current camera separations. Hmmm. Perhaps they can use the three cameras in the Pro Max and get a depth perception that’s better than two.  Eg. Average the two cameras near the edge that are in vertical layout and compile that average with the inward camera. There’s not a lack of computation ability with current hardware.  The LIDAR depth map already useful for objects reasonably close can also be added into the computation.  

    This is getting interesting.  If the 3D effect is of decent quality this will really get people chomping at the bit to view their clips on the Vision Pro.  
    Apple: “Make a 20 minute appointment, with submission of your lens prescription if you have vision correction, and view the Vision Pro at an Apple Store and bring your iPhone clips to view in 3D.” 

    Heck yes, sign me up.  Then take my money. 
    byronlAlex1N
  • Capturing spatial video: Apple Vision Pro vs iPhone 15 Pro

    rikipedia said:
    You don't say much about video playback. Who would want to watch their spatial videos on an iPhone? Can you copy video files created by an iPhone and play them back on a Vision Pro device? And are the results almost good enough to enjoy as if they were created on Vision Pro itself? Does Final Cut Pro play nicely with editing spatially-created videos? I realize that I'm asking questions that are beyond the scope of this article (well-written, btw) but I'm dying to know more about Vision Pro as a playback device for spatially created videos.
    iPhone captured spatial video can be viewed on the iPhone as a 2D video with a square aspect ratio.  It looks fine to me on the iPhone. You cannot yet edit for brightness, color and other aspects that could be edited on regular video.
    I don’t know about Final Cut Pro, but editing other than clip beginning and ending (e.g. color, brightness etc.) almost certainly will be coming soon as a new feature set. 
    To view on the Vision Pro is easy. You’ll find it in the Photos App on the VP since it syncs with iCloud like all your Apple devices do. 
    I agree that the article is very well written and is very timely and informative. 
    watto_cobra