Canon's quest for VR content: 100-megapixel cameras for Apple Vision Pro

1. it depends on your budget. if you have $5k to burn then the canon 180 vr setup is prob one of the best on the market right now: https://www.usa.canon.com/shop/p/vr-content-creator-kit?color=Black&type=Kit. note that this is a all-purpose mirrorless camera with a lens designed for 180 vr capture. there's also the kandao vr cam at $4k: https://us

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spatial, on the other hand, is much easier to do bc the field of view is more limited. so you can use "traditional" iphone-quality lenses and sensors. i'd say the spatial video captured on an iphone 15 pro max is of a higher quality than the $5k canon vr setup in terms of color accuracy. but it's also worth noting that apple's version of spatial vi... See more

The issue is delivery, not content or capture. There’s a lot of raw footage roughly of this quality, it’s just been impossible to get to consumers without arduous download times or distracting compression artifacts. For reference, these videos are encoded at 250 Mbps which is not streamable, whereas Apple Immersive videos are 50 Mbps.

Is it a compelling  product , though? It’s a famous Steve Jobs axiom that technology is not enough, that you don’t make compelling products — let alone entire platforms — starting from advanced technology and working backward. You start with a vision for the product and platform experience and then create new technology to make it real. I simp

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