Testing the New Apple Vision Pro Spatial Persona

As of this week, Apple Vision Pro users can set up a spatial Persona, which is a new version of a Persona that’s designed to make it feel like you’re interfacing with other people right in the same room. We thought we’d test out the spatial Persona feature to see how it works and whether […]

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Spatial Personas Coming to Apple Vision Pro in Beta Today

Apple today announced that Spatial Personas are now available for all Vision Pro users in a public beta. Apple previewed Spatial Personas at WWDC last year. Unlike the existing Personas feature, which is confined to a tile and facial expressions only, Spatial Personas allow Vision Pro users to “break out of the familiar FaceTime tile […]

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visionOS : les Spatial Personas viennent flotter dans la pièce

Apple lancera ce soir une nouvelle fonction en bêta pour visionOS : les Spatial Personas. Montrée lors de la WWDC 2023, cette fonction permet de réunir plusieurs utilisateurs d’un Vision Pro au travers d’avatars flottant dans l’air les uns à côté des autres. Apple en a fait la démonstration à Inverse en prélude à l’inrégration de cette […]

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$3 App Shoots Better Quality Spatial Video Than iPhone’s Camera App

A $3 third-party app can now record spatial video on iPhone 15 Pro models in a higher resolution than Apple’s very own Camera app. Thanks to an update first spotted by UploadVR, Spatialify can now record spatial videos with HDR in 1080p at 60fps or in 4K at 30fps. In comparison, Apple’s native Camera app […]

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How to Watch Spatial Videos on Quest 3

Spatial video is an exciting new video format that allows you to view recorded videos in immersive 3D on supported devices like the Meta Quest virtual reality headset. With the latest software update, Meta Quest can now natively play spatial videos originally recorded on the iPhone 15 Pro and Pro Max. Related Reading This guide will […]

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Test du Vision Pro : un outil de travail un peu spatial

C’est la question que tout le monde se pose : quelle est la killer-feature du Vision Pro ? Les films ? Les jeux ? Les apps ? Les photos ? La recopie du Mac ? Apple promet que son casque est un « ordinateur spatial » et met très largement en avant la productivité sur la fiche de son site. Eh bien très […]

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Apple Highlights Spatial Gaming on Vision Pro

Apple today highlighted spatial gaming experiences on the Vision Pro headset, claiming that it is “the beginning of a new era in gaming.” While over 250 games are available on the Vision Pro via Apple Arcade, the company drew particular attention to 12 “unique spatial games” offered exclusively via the gaming subscription service. Spatial games […]

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Apple iPhone 16 to have vertically aligned rear cameras for Spatial Video

In May 2023, @URedditor claimed that the rear cameras on the iPhone 16 would be aligned vertically, as opposed to those on the iPhone 13, iPhone 14, and iPhone 15 which are aligned diagonally. In December 2023, MacRumors revealed renders of the phone’s prototype with the new camera arrangement. Now, Majin Bu has made a […]

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You told us: Most of you don’t use Spatial Audio

Spatial audio, a technology designed to create a 360-degree sound environment around the listener, is trying to change how we experience audio through headphones and earbuds. Unlike traditional stereo sound, which confines the audio to a two-dimensional plane, spatial audio adds depth and space, making it feel like sound is coming from all directions. Ideally, […]

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Meta adding support for iPhone 15 Pro’s Spatial videos to Quest headsets

Meta has announced that it will add support for the playback of Spatial videos recorded using the iPhone 15 Pro and the iPhone 15 Pro Max to the Quest 3, Quest Pro, and Quest 2 headsets with the Meta Quest Build 62.0 software update, which, it will start rolling out on 7 February 2024. The […]

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Apple Vision Pro Launches: ‘The Era of Spatial Computing Has Arrived’

Apple Vision Pro launches in the U.S. today, with in-store pickups, customer demos, and deliveries to customers now underway. Apple’s first-ever mixed reality headset offers a combination of augmented and virtual reality features, and it is controlled with a combination of your eyes, hands, and voice. Apple describes the device as a “spatial computer” instead […]

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Apple Music Spatial Audio Royalties Only Benefit the Biggest Companies, Say Indie Record Labels

Independent record labels have expressed concerns about Apple’s plans to pay more money for songs recorded in Spatial Audio, claiming it will only benefit the biggest companies in the marketplace, reports the Financial Times. Last week, Apple announced royalty incentives to encourage music artists and record labels to publish tracks in Spatial Audio. Apple said […]

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Apple Music to Pay Artists Up to 10% More Royalties for Spatial Audio Content

Apple has introduced royalty incentives to encourage music artists and record labels to publish tracks in Spatial Audio. In an update sent to partners on Monday seen by Music Business Worldwide, Apple said it will pay up to 10% more in royalties for Spatial Audio. The news follows a Bloomberg report in December that Apple […]

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Apple Music offering 10% higher royalty for songs in spatial audio

In December 2023, a report from Bloomberg claimed that Apple is planning to incentivize artists and label partners to offer songs in spatial audio (more specifically, to master songs in the Dolby Atmos format) on Apple Music to increase the number of songs in spatial audio on the music-streaming platform. However, there were no exact […]

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Le créateur du MP3 propose un son spatial plus immersif avec cette technologie

Après avoir révolutionné le monde de la musique avec le format MP3, son co-créateur s’attaque à l’audio spatial avec une solution pour rendre l’écoute encore plus immersive. Crédits : Brandenburg Labs Mélomane ou simplement propriétaire d’un casque qui le prend en charge, vous connaissez sûrement l’audio spatial. Une fonction qui crée une spatialisation virtuelle dans […]

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Prise en main Xreal Air 2 Ultra : ces lunettes pour le spatial computing sont meilleures qu’attendues

Les lunettes de réalité augmentée ont pris leur envol en 2023, mais même un geek comme moi, qui a tapé une partie de cet article en portant une paire de ce genre pendant mon vol vers le CES, admet que cette catégorie de produits doit être améliorée. En effet, quelle que soit la paire que […]

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Apple to offer spatial games and 3D movies for Vision Pro at launch

Earlier this week, Apple announced the availability details of the Vision Pro. Apart from the pre-order and sales dates, the press release also contained some interesting information related to the product that many people didn’t notice. In the announcement, Apple has shed light on the kind of movies and games it will offer for the […]

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Samsung’s new Smart Monitor M8 gets spatial audio, can help during workouts

Samsung has unveiled its new Smart Monitor M8, a monitor designed for those who want their display to double up as a smart TV. On the sidelines of the ongoing CES 2024 expo, Samsung has introduced a minor upgrade to its popular Smart Monitor M8, bringing deeper integration with its ecosystem of wearables. Let us […]

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Samsung’s new Smart Monitor M8 gets spatial audio, can help during workouts

Samsung has unveiled its new Smart Monitor M8, a monitor designed for those who want their display to double up as a smart TV. On the sidelines of the ongoing CES 2024 expo, Samsung has introduced a minor upgrade to its popular Smart Monitor M8, bringing deeper integration with its ecosystem of wearables. Let us […]

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