Blackmagic is developing a camera for immersive Apple Vision Pro videos

At Apple’s WWDC presentation this 12 months, the corporate said 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 at the moment growing a digital camera particularly to seize immersive movies for Apple’s mixed-reality headset. The digital cinema firm and producer announced the Blackmagic URSA Cine Immersive digital camera on X/Twitter and made positive so as to add just a few pictures to present us a glimpse of what it might appear like.

It did not share numerous particulars concerning the system aside from it is “designed to seize content material for Apple Imaginative and prescient Professional” with 8,160 x 7,200 decision per eye and “16 stops of dynamic vary for 90fps stereoscopic 3D immersive cinema content material.” Primarily based on the pictures Blackmagic hooked up to its submit, customers will even have the ability to strap the digital camera to a drone for aerial movies.

The corporate is hoping to launch the digital camera someday later this 12 months, although it did not say how a lot the system would price. Prior to now, Blackmagic launched a digital camera that may shoot in 12K for $9,995, which is way decrease than what different comparable fashions price. Final 12 months, it unveiled its first full-frame model that may shoot video in 6K for $2,595.

Apple showed off the new lens Canon is engaged on for its R7 digital camera at WWDC, as nicely. The 7.8mm f/4 devoted spatial lens can be meant to seize content material for the Apple Imaginative and prescient Professional. Whereas the model has beforehand launched lenses for digital actuality, it stated that none of its present cameras are quick sufficient to supply video that matches Apple’s headset. Like Blackmagic’s announcement, Canon’s was gentle on particulars, although we’ll almost definitely hear extra info the nearer we get to the lens’ launch date.

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