Mike Swanson

The 4th episode of "Wild Life" for Apple Vision Pro, titled "Orangutans," is now streaming: tv.apple.com/us/episode/o...

YouTube video by Hugh Hou I Bought the $30K Blackmagic URSA Cine Immersive – Best Settings & ISO Test (Unsponsored)

Hugh Hou and his $30K Blackmagic URSA Cine Immersive camera: www.youtube.com/watch?v=DuBn...

YouTube video by Spatial & Immersive Video Insights New Immersive Camera in 2025 - Interview about the “Frontier” system from the Immersive Company

Andrew Gisch, co-founder of The Immersive Company, talking about the camera they’re releasing this year: www.youtube.com/watch?v=cR6o...

WWDC 25 Deep Dive: Immersive Video & OpenImmersive 1.4 Apple announced many updates to Immersive Video. This is an in-depth review of those changes, and some OpenImmersive updates.

Anthony Maës posted a great overview of spatial and immersive technical announcements from WWDC25 along with updates to his OpenImmersive 1.4 project: medium.com/@portemantho...

Explore video experiences for visionOS - WWDC25 - Videos - Apple Developer Learn about the different ways you can create and present immersive video experiences within your app. We'll explore the diverse media...

A fantastic introduction to spatial and immersive formats by @addey.com. Definitely worth your time: developer.apple.com/videos/play/...

Sessions & Labs - WWDC25 - Apple Developer Learn about WWDC25 sessions, group labs, and one-on-one labs.

Apple released some WWDC25 sessions on spatial and immersive video playback in visionOS. You can find them here: developer.apple.com/wwdc25/sessi...

I *think* I might have even seen an otter out there in the bay.

Bono: Stories of Surrender (Immersive) is now available for Vision Pro and clocks in at a full 1h26m: tv.apple.com/us/movie/bon...

I hope you enjoy my new post explaining how to use the open source x265 encoder and the NVIDIA Video Codec SDK to encode stereoscopic video with MV-HEVC. As always, it's a bit technical, but I hope you learn something useful in the process: blog.mikeswanson.com/mv-hevc-with...

Dean Zwikel just announced his Apple Immersive Video Creator (AIVC) tool for Windows 10/11. His free tool encodes stereoscopic video to MV-HEVC and includes the spatial metadata (vexu) necessary for playback on Apple Vision Pro. Great job, Dean!

groups.google.com/g/aivc

Watch Hill Climb - Adventure (Season 1, Episode 5) - Apple TV+ Ride along with driver Laura Hayes for an exhilarating rally car race against the clock. Will she become the fastest woman to finish the notoriously t…

Apple just released a new Immersive video episode in their Adventure series titled Hill Climb: tv.apple.com/us/episode/h...

10 years ago today. My app, Halftone 2 (a custom build), running on the Apple Store demo units. So long ago!

A reminder that my spatial tool can inject/modify Apple MV-HEVC Stereo Video (vexu, hfov) metadata keys without re-encoding. I mention this, because more people are starting to experiment with other tools like libx265 and NVIDIA's Video Codec SDK v13: blog.mikeswanson.com/spatial_docs...

8K Live Streaming on Apple Vision Pro | Ateme & Focal Point VR Ateme and Focal Point VR unveil the first live 8K spatial streaming for Apple Vision Pro, revolutionizing immersive sports, concerts, and storytelling.

Ateme and Focal Point VR announce live MV-HEVC 8K streaming to Apple Vision Pro: www.ateme.com/press/ateme-... www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_qt...

Enabling Stereoscopic and 3D Views Using MV-HEVC in NVIDIA Video Codec SDK 13.0 | NVIDIA Technical Blog NVIDIA announces the implementation of Multi-View High Efficiency Video Coding (MV-HEVC) encoder in the latest NVIDIA Video Codec SDK release, version 13.0. This significant update marks a major leap…

Heads-up! NVIDIA has added hardware-accelerated stereoscopic MV-HEVC support in their Video Codec SDK 13.0: developer.nvidia.com/blog/enablin...

I'm repeating my strong recommendation to check out Prima Immersive on Apple Vision Pro. When I talk about immersive video being the art of convincing you that you're someplace else, this is a perfect example. Absolutely one of the best immersive videos I've seen.

FOSDEM 2025 - Multiview decoding in libavcodec and ffmpeg CLI

The video and slides for Anton Khirnov's FOSDEM 2025 technical talk on "Multiview decoding in libavcodec and FFmpeg CLI" is now available: fosdem.org/2025/schedul.... Thanks to @vimeo.com and Meta for sponsoring Anton's work! @ffmpeg.org.web.brid.gy

YouTube video by Quanta Magazine Why Some People Don’t ‘See’ Mental Imagery: Aphantasia

As someone with total, multi-sensory aphantasia (the inability to voluntarily experience mental imagery), this is a good, short introduction to the topic from Quanta Magazine: www.youtube.com/watch?v=3I4K...

Man Vs. Beast - Apple TV (CA) Hang on tight as professional bull riders take you inside the rodeo and show you what it takes to compete in the dangerous sport.

Check out the latest Apple Immersive video, Man vs. Beast, on your Vision Pro: tv.apple.com/ca/movie/man... Open that chute!

For COD’s sake: One player’s 763-day legal quest to make Activision unban their account ends in total success: ‘Worth the effort’ Now that's some serious dedication.

Thanks to @pcgamer.com for covering Activision's false permanent ban issue. False bans continue to happen every day, and it's being ignored. The story of one player's 763-day legal quest: www.pcgamer.com/games/call-o...

FOSDEM 2025 - Multiview decoding in libavcodec and ffmpeg CLI

Upcoming MV-HEVC talk at FOSDEM 2025 regarding multiview decoding in libavcodec and the ffmpeg CLI: fosdem.org/2025/schedul...

The story of a two-year fight to reverse a false permanent ban in Activision's Call of Duty, including a court case and a complete lack of evidence. This is a real issue that continues to affect innocent players every day: antiblizzard.win/2025/01/18/m...

New GeForce RTX 50 Series GPUs Double Creative Performance in 3D, Video and Generative AI GeForce RTX 50 Series features FP4 for powerful AI performance and up to three encoders with support for the 4:2:2 color format — plus, new AI tools enhance livestreaming, DLSS 4 boosts 3D rendering a...

NVIDIA's just-announced GeForce RTX 50 Series GPUs include encode/decode support for "multiview-HEVC (MV-HEVC) for 3D and virtual reality (VR) video." It's great to see MV-HEVC support expanding! blogs.nvidia.com/blog/generat...

Watch Ice Dive - Adventure (Series 1, Episode 3) - Apple TV+ (SG) Plunge into the Arctic’s frigid waters as diver Ant Williams attempts to shatter the world record for swimming the longest distance under ice—on just …

Apple Immersive's latest episode of their Adventure series, Ice Dive, is now available for Vision Pro. tv.apple.com/sg/episode/i...

Same for me.

Sharks - Wild Life (Season 1, Episode 3) - Apple TV Suit up with a bold team of scuba divers in the Bahamas—and come nose-to-nose with one of the most misunderstood creatures in the ocean.

Episode 3 of Apple Immersive Wild Life, Sharks, is now available: tv.apple.com/us/episode/s...

Fellow developers, talk me down from:

1. Writing an overlay for Microsoft Teams to add confirmation pop-ups when you raise your hand or try to leave a meeting.
2. Writing a macOS kernel extension (I know) for client-side access to SMB2/3 file shares...but one that works.

They're both bad ideas.

Meta Strikes Deal With James Cameron’s Lightstorm to Bring More “Big-Name IP” to Quest Devices The multiyear deal will make Meta Quest the exclusive mixed reality headset of Lightstorm, and is meant to turbocharge 3D content development.

James Cameron and Meta deal to focus on 3D content development: www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...

I was talking to someone about my Bez app today, and I ran across this 2016 post by @gruber.foo. I remember how exciting it was to read John's review at the time. Looking back, he was so kind and generous. Thank you, John!

YouTube video by Veritasium You're Probably Wrong About Rainbows

And you thought you understood rainbows: www.youtube.com/watch?v=24Gf...