Blackmagic is growing a digicam for immersive Apple Imaginative and prescient Professional movies

At Apple’s WWDC presentation this yr, the corporate stated 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 positive so as to add a number of pictures to provide us a glimpse of what it might seem like.

It did not share loads of particulars concerning the gadget apart 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 photographs Blackmagic connected to its submit, customers will even be capable 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 gadget would price. Prior to now, Blackmagic launched a digicam that may shoot in 12K for $9,995, which is way decrease than what different comparable fashions price. Final yr, it unveiled its first full-frame mannequin that may shoot video in 6K for $2,595.

Blackmagic stated it is also releasing an replace of its DaVinci Resolve video enhancing app with adjustments that make creating Imaginative and prescient Professional content material simpler. On high of permitting enhancing of Imaginative and prescient Professional materials, the app will introduce a “new immersive video viewer will let editors pan, tilt and roll clips for viewing on 2D screens or on Apple Imaginative and prescient Professional for an much more immersive enhancing expertise.” It should additionally introduce a characteristic that removes transitions created by Imaginative and prescient Professional, together with presets that create a bundle that may be seen instantly on Imaginative and prescient Professional headsets.

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 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 mild on particulars, although we’ll almost certainly hear extra data the nearer we get to the lens’ launch date.

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