At Apple’s WWDC presentation this yr, the corporate mentioned it was working with Blackmagic Design to make immersive movies for the Imaginative and prescient Professional simpler to work with and seize. Seems Blackmagic is presently growing a digicam particularly to seize immersive movies for Apple’s mixed-reality headset. The digital cinema firm and producer introduced the Blackmagic URSA Cine Immersive digicam on X/Twitter and made certain so as to add just a few pictures to offer us a glimpse of what it could seem like.
Introducing Blackmagic URSA Cine Immersive! New digicam in improvement, designed to seize content material for Apple Imaginative and prescient Professional with 8160 x 7200 decision per eye, 16 stops of dynamic vary for 90fps stereoscopic 3D immersive cinema content material and extra! Out there later in 2024. Study extra! pic.twitter.com/5pbSDnJYuI
— Blackmagic Design (@Blackmagic_News) June 10, 2024
It did not share lots of particulars in regards to the system aside from it is “designed to capture content for Apple Vision Pro” with 8,160 x 7,200 decision per eye and “16 stops of dynamic range for 90fps stereoscopic 3D immersive cinema content.” Primarily based on the pictures Blackmagic connected to its submit, customers will even have the ability to strap the digicam to a drone for aerial movies.
The corporate is hoping to launch the digicam someday later this yr, although it did not say how a lot the system would value. Prior to now, Blackmagic launched a digicam that may shoot in 12K for $9,995, which is far decrease than what different comparable fashions value. Final yr, it unveiled its first full-frame mannequin that may shoot video in 6K for $2,595.
Apple confirmed off the brand new lens Canon is engaged on for its R7 digicam at WWDC, as effectively. The 7.8mm f/4 devoted spatial lens can also be meant to seize content material for the Apple Imaginative and prescient Professional. Whereas the model has beforehand launched lenses for digital actuality, it mentioned that none of its present cameras are quick sufficient to supply video that matches Apple’s headset. Like Blackmagic’s announcement, Canon’s was mild on particulars, although we’ll probably hear extra data the nearer we get to the lens’ launch date.
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