What does going through the personalized Spatial Audio process where it guides you and captures your face and ears with video?

[Benz63amg]

I can enable spatial stereo even without running the personalized Spatial Audio wizard so what does going through the facial and ear video capture process? Does it result in a supposed “better” sound quality as the shape of the ear is captured on video?

 

[transmaster]

What is happening is the the iPhone is scanning your face with its LiDAR to record a 3D dimensional image of your head. What it is doing is basically measuring the space between your ears so it can compute the spatial audio time settings correct.

Load the excellent photo app Halide and you can see the LiDAR scanning.

 

[Dust-by-Monday]

What is happening is the the iPhone is scanning your face with its LiDAR to record a 3D dimensional image of your head. What it is doing is basically measuring the space between your ears so it can compute the spatial audio time settings correct.

Load the excellent photo app Halide and you can see the LiDAR scanning.

Oh I thought it was capturing a 3D image of your ear shape to improve sound quality hah. Had no idea it had to do with distance and occlusion.

 

[Zapdoc]

What is happening is the the iPhone is scanning your face with its LiDAR to record a 3D dimensional image of your head. What it is doing is basically measuring the space between your ears so it can compute the spatial audio time settings correct.

Load the excellent photo app Halide and you can see the LiDAR scanning.

But only pro phones do lidar scanning ? This cannot be

 

[transmaster]

But only pro phones do lidar scanning ? This cannot be

You are correct the "True Depth Camera" on the iPhone/iPad uses the infrared camera to map your face.