Apple is inventing a reality distortion field
Computerworld October 11, 2024
Two recent events tell us there’s plenty going on behind the scenes in terms of visionOS development.
Apple didn’t cast much light on visionOS at WWDC this year, and it hasn’t received much attention since. But don’t mistake this something for nothing. Two recent events indicate there’s a lot going on behind the scenes.
The first is the release of Submerged, the first movie filmed in Immersive Video written and directed by Academy Award-winning filmmaker Edward Berger (All Quiet on the Western Front).
The second is new research from Apple’s Machine Learning teams that shows how to create accurate depth-of-field data from single-lens cameras using conventional computers.
An immersive movie about immersion
Submerged is a claustrophobic, adrenaline-fuelled, 17-minute story...