A $3 iOS app now data higher-resolution spatial videos than Apple’s native digital camera app. Spatialify, out there on the App Retailer, lets iPhone 15 Professional house owners file 3D movies for Apple’s Vision Pro in both 1080p at 60fps or 4K at 30fps — with HDR. Apple’s native recording solely helps 1080p / 30fps with out HDR, so your immersive clips might be noticeably sharper utilizing Spatialify than the digital camera app on the identical cellphone. UploadVR first reported on the app replace.
Spatialify launched earlier this 12 months as a software for changing Apple’s spatial movies (HEVC format) for playback on non-Apple VR headsets just like the Meta Quest 3. However with Meta later adding native HEVC conversion to its headsets (the best-selling on the market), Spatialify’s superior recording may give the third-party app a brand new lease on life.
Engadget senior editor Devindra Hardawar confirmed that Spatialify produces recordsdata in 4K / 30fps when set accordingly. He additionally verified that Spatialify’s movies look a lot sharper on the Imaginative and prescient Professional than these shot in Apple’s digital camera app. HDR additionally makes the movies’ lighting look extra reasonable. Not unhealthy for 3 bucks.
It’s considerably stunning Apple is holding again its native digital camera app from exploiting the iPhone 15 Professional and Professional Max’s full {hardware} capabilities, however it isn’t extraordinary. Halide, a well-liked iOS digital camera app, beat Apple to the punch with iOS images options like taking pictures in RAW, guide controls and portrait photos for pets. Primarily based on that historical past, I wouldn’t be shocked if Apple quickly added comparable superior spatial recording to its digital camera, particularly now that we all know its present {hardware} has no downside with it.
Spatialify is accessible on the App Store for $3. It requires an iPhone 15 Pro or iPhone 15 Pro Max to seize spatial movies.
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