A $3 iOS app now information higher-resolution spatial movies than Apple’s native digicam app. Spatialify, accessible on the App Retailer, lets iPhone 15 Professional homeowners report 3D movies for Apple’s Imaginative and prescient Professional in both 1080p at 60fps or 4K at 30fps — with HDR. Apple’s native recording solely helps 1080p / 30fps with out HDR, so your immersive clips will likely be noticeably sharper utilizing Spatialify than the digicam app on the identical telephone. UploadVR first reported on the app replace.
Spatialify launched earlier this 12 months as a software for changing Apple’s spatial movies (HEVC format) for playback on non-Apple VR headsets just like the Meta Quest 3. However with Meta later including native HEVC conversion to its headsets (the best-selling in the marketplace), Spatialify’s superior recording might give the third-party app a brand new lease on life.
Engadget senior editor Devindra Hardawar confirmed that Spatialify produces recordsdata in 4K / 30fps when set accordingly. He additionally verified that Spatialify’s movies look a lot sharper on the Imaginative and prescient Professional than these shot in Apple’s digicam app. HDR additionally makes the movies’ lighting look extra real looking. Not unhealthy for 3 bucks.
It’s considerably stunning Apple is holding again its native digicam app from exploiting the iPhone 15 Professional and Professional Max’s full {hardware} capabilities, however it isn’t remarkable. Halide, a preferred iOS digicam app, beat Apple to the punch with iOS images options like capturing in RAW, handbook controls and portrait photographs for pets. Primarily based on that historical past, I wouldn’t be shocked if Apple quickly added comparable superior spatial recording to its digicam, particularly now that we all know its present {hardware} has no downside with it.
Spatialify is on the market on the App Retailer for $3. It requires an iPhone 15 Professional or iPhone 15 Professional Max to seize spatial movies.