In the future, the Safari browser under VisionOS will be able to play not only WebXR content, but also spatial video and spatial photos. It was announced by Apple managers Della Huff and Billy Sorrentino On photography website PetaPixel To. Currently, both types of 3D renders display natively when viewed in the Photos app or received via iMessage, AirDrop, or other sharing methods. In the future, it should be possible for even simple websites to offer or play spatial recordings.
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Transparent display of 2D and 3D
Apple has recently significantly expanded the number of devices that can record spatial video and spatial photos. Apart from the Vision Pro and the iPhone 15 Pro and 15 Pro Max, you can now also use all the models of the iPhone 16 series, as the standard iPhones have also received a suitable image sensor arrangement. Finally, a new API was also introduced that allows recording spatial videos and spatial photos on the iPhone using apps other than the camera application.
As an example of the new Safari support, Apple reported a test of PetaPixel that can integrate spatial video and spatial photos. On Vision Pro, these photos appear in 3D as intended by the person taking the photo. Additionally, the 2D versions are retained and then displayed as before in Safari on iPhone or Mac. “Once you embed spatial content, people using Vision Pro will see it spatially and people viewing it on their laptop will see it in two dimensions,” said Sorrentino, who works on Apple’s design team. I will see.”
VisionOS 2 with Spatial Photo Generator
With VisionOS 2, Apple recently created the ability to turn flat images into spatial photos, some of which look surprisingly good. However, one problem remains that there are currently no post-processing options for spatial content for recording on the iPhone and the quality is sometimes below average.
This is because the iPhone lacks many of the sensors that come with the Vision Pro standard, so it still remains the gold standard for spatial recording. Spatial content can also recently be recorded with some Canon cameras.
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