Thanks for the thoughtful comment! Apple indeed has a track record of making things cool and mainstream. Obviously some products more so than others but it’ll be very interesting to see if they can do it again with mixed reality headsets and spatial content 🤔

Definitely! Somehow filming with a headset on ur face feels more detached than having a phone or camera in front of you. I second the motion for a standalone camera! 👏🏼 The question is will it be an iPhone 16 pro with a stereoscopic camera setup, an iPad or a partnership with Sony or Canon to have dedicated cameras? Spatial content making it into mainstream I think hinges on having an ecosystem of hardware and software incl. standalone pro cameras and spatial cameras on our phones. The next few months will be very interesting to see if a standalone camera launches in anticipation of AVP launch 🥽

One thought that I probably could have been more clear on in this video is that my belief is that the killer app for AVP will again be content creation and distribution, not developers creating millions of apps (which of course will be useful but not the reason why AVP goes mainstream). Just like iPhone I think AVP needs “native” content to keep people coming back.

I think they will make the pictures to be taken with spacial specs with the iphone which can be connected to vision pro.

Thank you so much! This video took me a lot of time (a little too much haha) so I’m glad you noticed 🎉

Thank you! I appreciate you watching and sharing your thoughts 👍🏼

Thank you so much for the encouragement! 🙏🏼

Great questions Zean! My thoughts: 1) To capture true stereoscopic content, 2 lenses of the same focal length paired with the exact same camera sensor are needed. Ideally they are also aligned along the same horizontal axis. iPhone has multiple cameras but they don’t form a stereo pair. 2) while LiDAR (depth sensor) offers a depth map of a scene, it doesn’t offer the same depth perception that one gets from binocular vision. Apple could be very innovative and use one lens for the left eye and render the right stereo pair from LiDAR depth data and AI models but that’s a lot harder imo than just using a stereo camera. 3) if I were in Apple shoes, I would add a stereo camera pair on the next iPad Pro. While it is awkward to use as a regular camera it has the perfect size for a stereo camera pair in which the lenses are 65mm apart. iPhone could also do it but it would jeopardize the ergonomics when holding it in vertical mode. 4) you can get away with having the lenses at a smaller than 65mm distance. The only issue is that the 3D effect won’t be as pronounced or realistic as natural human vision. The average distance between adult eyes is ~65mm so hence that target number. Viewing: 5) this is where a headset will be a must. On a 2D panel a spatial photo or video is nothing more than a novelty and will likely offer a lesser experience than a 2D piece of content. To enjoy the immersion and emotional impact of spatial content, spatial viewing is required. 6) I’m a strong proponent of native viewing. Phones are best for vertical short form content. TVs are best for long form horizontal content. Headsets are best for spatial content. Apple has a strong ecosystem of hardware and software to make each device shine at its strengths. 7) I can imagine iPhone simulating the depth effect with parallax like you mention but this would likely be used for previewing and reviewing captured content, not necessarily enjoying spatial content. It’s really early in the spatial content journey to have strong opinions so in this case I subscribe to strong opinions loosely held. What do you think? Also thank you for the thoughtful comment 🙏🏼

The second gen will definitely be better and likely also cheaper. I'm hoping Apple actually included a modified M2 that already includes support for hardware raytracing. That would be next level 😲

@@ryankopinsky I don’t think they will update the chip😅 It will be the same as the13” Mac book pro 2022

Thank you! 🙏🏼

Thank you! 🎉

I believe the iPhone 15 Pro and Pro Max are the only ones that can record Spatial Video. Based on rumors, the Spatial Video from iPhone will be pretty limited so I do think the best content will come from Apple Vision Pro recordings and dedicated (pro) 3D camera rigs.

Thank you! Happy to hear you enjoyed the video 🎉

Thank you! So happy to hear you enjoyed the video 🎉

Hmm interesting! 360 is difficult because everything is in the scene. With 180 or perhaps 270 there is at least some room for the crew and set while still being very immersive for the viewer 🥽

I completely forgot about the 3DS! I didn’t own one but I think it also had a 3D screen. There was lots of 3D tech when the first Avatar movie came out. My guess is there will be a second wave of 3D tech but this time the biggest tech company will be pushing for it 👀

Yeah, now we just need 3D screens on future iPhones.

Certainly hope so haha! Thanks for the comment and support 🙏🏼

No doubt. Price and infancy of the Vision ecosystem will make it so. But if AVP follows in the same tracks as other successful Apple products, in 5-7 years it should be mainstream and could potentially reinvent the camera as we know it 📸