Apple’s killer Imaginative and prescient Professional characteristic has already been unlocked by VR headsets

Apple’s upcoming Imaginative and prescient Professional VR headset hasn’t even been launched but, however there’s already a strategy to expertise certainly one of its introduced options – spatial video.

Only a few days in the past, Apple launched a 3D video seize system it known as “spatial video” in iOS 17.2 beta. This characteristic enabled the iPhone 15 Professional to file a type of stereoscopic 3D video. These movies are designed to be seen utilizing the Apple Imaginative and prescient Professional headset, however VR customers can catch a glimpse of this characteristic earlier than the Imaginative and prescient Professional launches.

Since Apple has shared the specs for the Apple HEVC Stereo Video Profile, the requirements it used to create its spatial video, one other developer has been in a position to create an app that converts movies right into a format that may be seen by a Meta Quest, HTC Vive, or certainly every other VR headset comparable to Pimax Crystal.

Get a glimpse of Apple’s killer app

To make the change, you will want an iPhone 15 and entry to Apple’s “TestFlight” early entry heart for apps nonetheless in growth. The app itself is known as Spatialify, and as soon as put in, you possibly can merely choose the related spatial video and click on ‘Convert to Full Aspect-by-Aspect’. This file can then be transferred to a PC or Mac and from there to the headset.

For PC VR headsets just like the Pimax Crystal or HTC Vive, you should use apps like Digital Desktop Traditional or any software program that helps viewing 3D SBS movies. Standalone headset customers will first must switch the file to the headset by way of USB, then utilizing a file administration app just like the Recordsdata app on the Meta Quest, open the file. Then faucet the “2D” icon on the backside proper and choose “3D Aspect by Aspect” to view the information.

UploadVR experiences good outcomes from utilizing this course of to view check clips uploaded by iPhone 15 Professional customers, and notes that the 3D high quality is great for a non-specialist machine.

Rumors persist that the upcoming iPhone 16 may have the power to create spatial video, so there is no time but for this to change into Apple’s newest killer app to dominate the market.