Apple's Clips App Adds Immersive AR Spaces Enabled With LiDAR Scanner

[Martin Spencer]

Should be 3.1 (5246.21)

 

[Martin Spencer]

Should be 3.1 (Sorry, double post)

 

[Unregistered 4U]

3.0.1 (5122.21)

I think it should be 3.1.

 

[anthogag]

Should be 3.1 (Sorry, double post)

I searched the app in the App Store and a new version was there. I updated the app and I now have the new AR icon.

I used it and it is quite cool. Why doesn't Apple put that scan feature in the camera app?

Thanks for the help.

 

[Martin Spencer]

Cool, glad it's working...

 

[Unregistered 4U]

I searched the app in the App Store and a new version was there. I updated the app and I now have the new AR icon.

I used it and it is quite cool. Why doesn't Apple put that scan feature in the camera app?

Thanks for the help.

Apple seems to want to focus on quick intuitive operations with their built-in Camera app. So, it’s doing a scan in order to properly render bokeh or separate foreground from background, for example, but it’s doing so quickly behind the scenes so you just see the result. Other Camera apps do it differently.

 

[anthogag]

Apple seems to want to focus on quick intuitive operations with their built-in Camera app. So, it’s doing a scan in order to properly render bokeh or separate foreground from background, for example, but it’s doing so quickly behind the scenes so you just see the result. Other Camera apps do it differently.

Sure, but the AR scan is actually pretty good at showing the 3D space. It would work in the dark.

I could scan the whole room and have a model of the whole space

 

[Unregistered 4U]

Sure, but the AR scan is actually pretty good at showing the 3D space. It would work in the dark.

I could scan the whole room and have a model of the whole space

You have move the phone around to model the whole space instead of what’s right in front of the lens, which would take away from the simple straightforward implementation they appear to be going for.

I would imagine that, if they’re not already, Adobe’s Photoshop camera app would be a good next candidate for LIDAR implementation.

 

[ipedro]

Clips has so much potential, I wish Apple invested more into it.

While Apple has probably learned to stay clear of attempting a social media platform, I think that Clips has matured to a point where Apple can probably feature it more in its communications. Maybe it appears in iPhone ads alongside LiDAR segments or more effectively, have Apple's own influencers... erm... "reviewers" demonstrate it in YouTube videos.

I think a good next step would be to add a Clips button in iMessage in the apps bar so there's direct integration with iOS' most used app and a halo effect on Clips.

 

[Unregistered 4U]

I think a good next step would be to add a Clips button in iMessage in the apps bar so there's direct integration with iOS' most used app and a halo effect on Clips.

One thing they’ve already done is taken your Memoji and inserted them into Clips. So, you can create an animation more than 30 seconds

 

[_Spinn_]

I thought this looked pretty neat in the M1 iPad Pro announcement. Now that I’ve had a chance to play around with it, it actually works better than I thought. I think Prism, Disco, and Dance Floor look the coolest.

 

[Unregistered 4U]

I thought this looked pretty neat in the M1 iPad Pro announcement. Now that I’ve had a chance to play around with it, it actually works better than I thought. I think Prism, Disco, and Dance Floor look the coolest.

I wish Dance Floor had some sort of beat detection in it.