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Blackmagic Design Unveils Spatial Video Camera for Shooting Apple Vision Pro Content
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3D content today is in a whole different and better place.
Whether optimistically or cynically, VR and similar high end computing progress is in a better place of progression in thanks of the lessons learned from that
this is the first thing that came to my mind, the second was Wall-E
Isn't that just a distraction so The Riddler can become smarter by performing a knowledge transfer from our brains to his? 🤔
Blackmagic Design has announced the Blackmagic URSA Cine Immersive camera designed for shooting spatial video content for Apple's Vision Pro headset.
The URSA Cine Immersive camera features a custom stereoscopic 3D lens system with dual 8K sensors, capable of capturing a 180-degree field of view with spatial audio support. It is designed to capture content with a resolution of 8,160 x 7,200 per eye and offers 16 stops of dynamic range to ensure detail and color accuracy in every frame, with the ability to shoot stereoscopic 3D immersive cinema content at 90 frames per second.
The URSA Cine Immersive is constructed with a magnesium alloy chassis and a carbon fiber polycarbonate composite skin. It includes dual 5-inch HDR touchscreens and an external color status LCD screen. Connectivity options are extensive, including 12G-SDI out, 10G Ethernet, USB-C, and XLR audio ports, along with an 8-pin Lemo connector for power.
An 8TB Blackmagic Media Module comes built-in, which can store around two hours of 8K stereoscopic video recorded in Blackmagic RAW. The camera also supports Cloud Store, allowing for fast media upload and synchronization via the 10G Ethernet connection.
Simultaneously, Blackmagic Design is updating DaVinci Resolve to better support the creation of Vision Pro content. The updated editing software will feature a new immersive video viewer, allowing editors to pan, tilt, and roll clips for viewing on 2D monitors or directly on the Apple Vision Pro headset.
Blackmagic has not yet announced the price of the URSA Cine Immersive camera. For reference, the Blackmagic URSA Cine 12K is priced at $14,995 without a lens, suggesting that the new immersive camera could be similarly priced plus the cost of the twin lens system.
Article Link: Blackmagic Design Unveils Spatial Video Camera for Shooting Apple Vision Pro Content
So, only both kidneys and a liver to buy this beast..
Wonder what Barrow Lenses will rent it out for.....
2 hours of video on the integrated 8TB drive. Whew. I thought Apple ProRes was a lot to deal with.
They sometimes use 2 cameras, but afaik, 3D is mostly done in postproduction because it's easier to do and gives you more control over the image (think things that would be out of focus or objects outside the focal plane that would not be ideally alligned when using 2 cameras). Also, it's often CGI-heavy movies, so a lot of it is just rendered out in 3D (think Marvel movies)
You can tweak the separation in post, depending on the focus distance, scale, and the viewing setup (a headset, a TV or a movie theater). The separation of cameras can vary a lot, from a pair of satellites in space watching the sun, to tiny cameras inside your body used during laparoscopic operations (davinci robots).
This ain’t no 3D.
If sports, events etc could be streamed with this technology it would make even current gen of VPRO an order of magnitude more attractive.
It would be the famous killer app.
If you want to watch everything alone, sure.
I enjoy watching sports with friends.
I'd love to bolt this into a race car...
Yes, this camera inside the most popular teams cars at Le Mans, Daytona, Indy... Short tracks like North Wilksborro, Five Flags, .. The Chili Bowl...
Watching the race feeling like you were inside the car.. yes.. this has real potential..
I could see existing sports streaming services, like FloSports, who stream a wide variety of sports, adding a few of these for special events and featuring the content on a FloSports app on the AVP?
Annual subscriptions like those are a hard sell in the renew, binge, cancel streaming world we live in today. Any way to keep viewers engaged, hooked, and see more value in what they're already paying for, or have been putting off paying for, could be a big deal for companies like that. (and worth the risk of buying a few of these)
Yes absolutely. Anyone thinking of getting these has to already have a pretty good idea of what they’re getting into.
No problem, assuming your friends are wealthy enough!
That Alicia Keys part of the Vision Pro store demo, where she stands in front of you and sings right at you. That was the first time my brain was ever tricked into thinking that a virtual object in front of me is actually real. The video resolution, the stereoscopic effect with object separation, and spatial audio just made it too real.
I can't imagine the kind camera and mic setup that was needed to capture it, but I hope that this Blackmagic spatial cam is close to it.
I can't imagine the kind camera and mic setup that was needed to capture it, but I hope that this Blackmagic spatial cam is close to it.
Here’s an article from yesterday’s Engadget.
www.engadget.com
Blackmagic is developing a camera for immersive Apple Vision Pro videos
The Blackmagic URSA Cine Immersive camera is specifically designed to capture content for the Apple Vision Pro.
www.engadget.com
I almost never bought tickets to 3D movies or bought 3D Blu-rays. But I love Immersive and Spatial videos, as well as 3D movies on AVP. It's a completely different experience and execution.
With 3D movies there is no darkening or blurring of the image. Watching my first few spatial videos I instinctively waved at my nephew and flinched when bubbles or splashed water came at me.
Immersive Videos (which is what this hardware is designed for) are more like viewing a planetarium or those Disneyland "Soarin" rides. It's 180 both horizontally and vertically, 3D, completely bright.
You obviously don’t own a Vision Pro. If you want to view 2D content and interact with someone else in the same room, that’s fine. But if you want to feel like you’re actually in the action or at an event, there is nothing like Immersive Video in AVP.
The Field of View makes ALL the difference.
All these failed 3D attempts of flat screens. The biggest jump in innovation of cameras has only come after the AVP was produced. Haters gunna hate, but Apple have done it again because everyone is getting on board.