PSA: Video Xmas in Spatial Video

You'll be glad when you get a Vision Pro.

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Leander Kahney
December 22, 2023

For decades, my wife and I both dutifully videoed Xmas morning, capturing the kids’ brave smiles as they tried to mask their crushing disappointment.

I have to admit, we’ve never once gone back and watched those videos — terabytes and terabytes of them — but we’re both glad we’ve got them, ready for the day when we do want to wallow in nostalgia.

This Xmas presents a special opportunity. If you have the latest iPhone 15 Pro or Pro Max, you’ll be able to capture the holidays in 3D Spatial Video.

Spatial Video, of course, is a stereoscopic format that will allow you to watch these videos in glorious 3D if and when you get a Vision Pro headset, tipped to launch in February next year. (In the future, they may even be viewable on other headsets, like Meta’s $500 Quest).

Folks who have experienced Spatial Video say it’s fantastic. Apparently, it really is akin to being there; it’s so lifelike, it’ll bring tears to your eyes. Here’s everything you need to know about capturing the holidays in 3D.

Also in today’s newsletter:

  • Whatever you do, don’t break your Apple Watch.

  • Somehow — and I don’t know how — CdkeySales manages to have crazy-low prices on Microsoft software, including Windows for less than $14 and Office 365 for less than $21 (with promo code CULT).

  • What do you think of the highly customized iPhone Home Screen in the X (tweet) below? Is it your cup of tea? Weigh in, in today’s poll.

  • Yesterday’s poll question — how long have you been using a Mac? — got a lot of votes and generated a lot of comments (we could only include a few below). Somewhat surprisingly, most readers of this newsletter have been longtime Mac users, or even Apple II fans. What a long, strange trip it’s been… And the best is yet to come.

— Leander Kahney, EIC.

How to record 3D Spatial Video on your iPhone

This holiday season, with all the family together, Apple has a new feature that may future-proof the video you take: Spatial Videos. With an iPhone 15 Pro, you can record 3D video that you will one day be able to replay on an Apple Vision Pro headset as an immersive way to relive your memories.

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Pretend to be completely in control and people will assume that you are.

— Steve Jobs, 2011.

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