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Blackmagic Debuts $29K+ URSA Cine Immersive 100G for Vision Pro
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Jumpthesnark
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turbineseaplane
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Thousands of people are buying Vision Pros every day?
Do you have a source on that?
I was at the Apple Store this weekend and I asked rep who did my laptop pickup and trade in...
I asked: "how's the Neo selling?"
He said: "like hotcakes!"
Then I asked: "What about Vision Pro?"
He did this face ...
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There are a number of custom built solutions out there. But as you can guess, they cost a lot more than a paltry $30K
boswald
macrumors 68030
You guys can poo poo all you want but this camera is actually kind of a steal with the quality of VR it can capture. The debut at the BBC Proms looks fantastic.
Smart people will be buying these and producing mind-blowing VR videos for the eventual surge of demand for more VR content when Apple eventually releases a cheaper, more consumer-friendly headset. It WILL happen and all the naysayers are going to look really dumb.
Smart people will be buying these and producing mind-blowing VR videos for the eventual surge of demand for more VR content when Apple eventually releases a cheaper, more consumer-friendly headset. It WILL happen and all the naysayers are going to look really dumb.
yes, this one is odd. To use 100GBe you need a card currently. So an external chassis for hostig said card then? A nasty hodgepodge kind of thing that could have been solved of there just was a mac pro around. But maybe apple didn’t tell black magic that they intended to kill their pro line and soon also the AVP ? Or it is the other way around? The next mac studio will come with optional 100Gbe? Or even an ultra modeö that actually host a slot or two?
This is not $29,000. To record anything you need the Media Modules, which are $6,000 each for 16TB, and it shoots dual 8K streams, so that's gonna fill up fast. To fully kit it out with an EVF and the media modules, plus a media dock, it's more like $60,000. It's still not that expensive for a professional camera - the Alexa and Red cameras are still very expensive, but given how limited the audience is for this type of content, it's a lot.
The other problem with this is that you can't actually shoot drama with it - at least not one that's going to look any good. It has 180 degree fixed lenses. So you can't shoot on a set that doesn't have a complete ceiling, you can't put any lights forward of the camera, you can't use boom mics, you're limited in the use of special effects because rigs cannot be hidden out of view, and you can't move the camera on a dolly because you'll see the tracks. So this is really limited to live events and concerts where those things don't matter.
If Apple manages to lower the cost of the AVP, this might actually be a format that people are willing to pay for, otherwise it's giving 3DTV vibes. I think most people would much rather pay to actually go to an event or concert in person, and those that can't go or won't pay are likely to just watch regular video coverage.
The other problem with this is that you can't actually shoot drama with it - at least not one that's going to look any good. It has 180 degree fixed lenses. So you can't shoot on a set that doesn't have a complete ceiling, you can't put any lights forward of the camera, you can't use boom mics, you're limited in the use of special effects because rigs cannot be hidden out of view, and you can't move the camera on a dolly because you'll see the tracks. So this is really limited to live events and concerts where those things don't matter.
If Apple manages to lower the cost of the AVP, this might actually be a format that people are willing to pay for, otherwise it's giving 3DTV vibes. I think most people would much rather pay to actually go to an event or concert in person, and those that can't go or won't pay are likely to just watch regular video coverage.
Wow! Thousands! 2,750 daily would make that over 1 million a year. Did not know the AVP was selling like hot cakes. 😊
It WAS a very niche market. Now AI/CR glasses is a mass market and a product category that is on fire in China, dominated by companies that few Americans or Europeans have ever heard of. Now that I see the use cases for them that people are developing, I want in on it. Meta is not a company I generally admire, but at least they have a product - though not a particularly compelling one. I would buy the Rokid today, but there isn't that much to do with them outside of the Android ecosystem. There will come a day soon when everybody wants these, and I hope Apple will have a competitive product - they don't today.
Many people who bought the Vision Pro rave about it, but many of those people don't realize that today you can choose from several products that put 90% of their capabilities of VP in a simple glasses format, without having to wear that heavy thing on your head.
Capability doesn’t really matter with these other devices when they don’t have the content.
MacHeritage
macrumors 6502a
Thousands? Where? The last reports I've seen via here and elsewhere were that some stores couldn't even sell 1 a week or even 1 a month in some stores.