The arrival of iOS 17.2 and equivalent versions of the rest of Apple’s operating systems has brought us several new features in the system, such as the Diary application and the possibility of managing health data more quickly from the Apple Watch. But There is something new that is almost invisible but which lays the foundations for the future from Apple.
Now, with iOS 17.2 and an iPhone 15 Pro, we can now record space videos. These are three-dimensional videos that we will only be able to appreciate in all their splendor when we have an Apple Vision Pro, but that for now we can already record.
From 2D video to 3D spatial video with just one setting
Recording spatial videos is very easy, just follow these steps on your iPhone 15 Pro:
- Access settings
- Tap “Camera”
- Tap “Formats”
- Enable the ‘Spatial Video for Apple Vision Pro’ option:
You don’t have to do anything else, from now on all the videos you record with the Camera application will be spatial (in 3D) with the idea of being able to appreciate this depth with an Apple Vision Pro. videos They are recorded at 1080p and 30 fpsalthough this quality is expected to increase in future generations of iPhone.
Apple gives us a series of tips when recording these videos:
- It is best to record them with the iPhone placed horizontally
- You must ensure that the iPhone 15 Pro does not move during video recording
- One minute of spatial video takes up about 130 MB, so keep in mind the available storage you have on your iPhone and iCloud (if you sync your photo library with that cloud).
The fan community has already moved to research possibilities with this new format. From Reddit we can read of users who have found a way to watch these videos on a Meta Quest 3, through an application that is currently in closed beta phase. You don’t necessarily have to wait for the Vision Pro, the videos have unofficial compatibility with other viewers.
The first steps towards a format of the future
Rumors about an upcoming launch of the Vision Pro are accelerating. Mark Gurman has reason to believe we will have it next month, in January. And so preparing users for these new video formats is a good move.
Not only because we may be weeks away from the Vision Pro, but because Apple is planning other models in the future that would democratize this so-called spatial computing to a large part of the market. Imagine that in 2025 you can buy an “Apple Vision One” and, from that moment on, you can watch three-dimensional videos of different moments of today. iOS 17.2 makes it possible.
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