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macOS 13 Ventura Lets You Use Your iPhone's Camera as a Webcam
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it also helps by letting you take the camera away from your desk to show someone something.
They did improve the built-in camera. It's just not as good as the iPhone for a variety of reasons. One being most people aren't concerned with having a great camera on their computer and it's an added cost. Another, which has been discussed at length here on MacRumors, is that the MacBook screens are way thinner than the iPhone so you can't even have the same optics.
Safety is relative. Over a million people every year die in auto accidents. Also, that's a red herring anyway. We're not talking about personal safety, we're talking about giving the low budget vloggers what they want by using what's probably the best camera they own with their computer.
The laptop screens have crap cameras because they have to be thin. The iPhone is a thicker device and houses massively better optics. I can't speak to why your studio display has a crap camera other than Apple was being cheap. At least now you'll have another option, whether you want to use it or not.
So let's wait and see how many people actually break their computers by using this before we judge it, eh? I think they probably did a tiny bit of research on it.Having watched my 13 Pro bounce down a large chalk ravine like Homer Simpson off a cliff, and it surviving unscathed I can assure you that their description is sound
The original iSight cameras had a variety of different clamps and mounts similar to this for different screens, though I preferred the magnetic one that worked on the cinema displays and G5 iMacs.
This is a fantastic feature.
No webcam has the same video quality as an iPhone
No webcam has the same video quality as an iPhone
Just like the fragile super thin iPhone 6 and the stupid 2016 macbook pro designs.
Jony was at its peak in the early days, but his philosophy of form over funcion hampered the products themselves.
The current macbook pros are leagues better than any previous model
Everyone complaining how this is un Apple like and how Apple should build in better webcams, I get it. You'd much rather have better build in webcams. So do I. Until then I can finally rely on an apple native version, can stop using my tripod for my phone and enjoy the much improved quality of the webcam experience. Because even if webcams got a lot better, it will be a long while before they reach iPhone level. And if you don't need it because you just pretend to listen on that conference call whilst playing mobile games anyways, so who needs a good webcam? also good. Skip it.
I'm happy about every bit of quality I can gain in video calls as I find them exhausting enough as they are. The better the sound and video quality becomes, the more natural it is for me. So thanks for this one Apple, didn't see this coming.
I'm happy about every bit of quality I can gain in video calls as I find them exhausting enough as they are. The better the sound and video quality becomes, the more natural it is for me. So thanks for this one Apple, didn't see this coming.
Can't help but think this is a response to the flack that the Studio Display received.
Although those with older Macs with 720p webcams will benefit from this.
But still a solution to a problem that shouldn't exist.
Although those with older Macs with 720p webcams will benefit from this.
But still a solution to a problem that shouldn't exist.
I could see this being really valuable for a person who wants the camera angle to be different from exactly where their screen is pointing. I have 3 monitors and it will be nice to set up a camera from any height or angle I want.
Academic Anti-cheating services would love to have this, except the pool of people with an iPhone + Mac + Bracket is not going to be high enough to compel schools to use it.
I could use it with my Mac mini, I guess.. my monitor doesn't have a camera .. but then again I'm sure the clip will cost more than an external camera
It's MagSafe. Any pressure applied to the phone would make it fall off the connector. Safe as safe can be.
I had a call once with a client, and I had to ask him if he was feeling okay, he looked so pale and ill, I also offered him to postpone the call. He replied with no no, all fine, it’s his crap Studio Display camera that makes him look like a zombie. 😂
I missed this earlier but like the options this presents. Keep 'em coming, Apple.
I don't care what the complainers say: solid WWDC this year!
I don't care what the complainers say: solid WWDC this year!