Mike Swanson
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Resolution limit of the eye — how many pixels can we see? www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Resolution limit of the eye — how many pixels can we see? - Nature Communications
This work determines the maximum display resolution that the human eye can discriminate. The limit was determined for achromatic and chromatic vision, for both the fovea and periphery.
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October 28, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Resolution limit of the eye — how many pixels can we see? www.nature.com/articles/s41...
The Apple Immersive Media event livestreams for Day 1 (tomorrow/Tuesday) and Day 2 (Wednesday) will be available to watch on the Apple Developer YouTube channel:
Day 1: www.youtube.com/live/leGqoF8...
Day 2: www.youtube.com/live/4V_7-1b...
Day 1: www.youtube.com/live/leGqoF8...
Day 2: www.youtube.com/live/4V_7-1b...
Day 1 | Create immersive media experiences for visionOS | Meet with Apple
Learn how to create compelling interactive experiences for visionOS and capture immersive video in this multi-day activity.
Bookmark the Day 2 livestream: https://youtube.com/live/4V_7-1bm4Rk
During...
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October 20, 2025 at 11:58 PM
The Apple Immersive Media event livestreams for Day 1 (tomorrow/Tuesday) and Day 2 (Wednesday) will be available to watch on the Apple Developer YouTube channel:
Day 1: www.youtube.com/live/leGqoF8...
Day 2: www.youtube.com/live/4V_7-1b...
Day 1: www.youtube.com/live/leGqoF8...
Day 2: www.youtube.com/live/4V_7-1b...
Apple is hosting an upcoming event at the Cupertino Developer Center from October 21–23 on creating immersive media experiences for visionOS. Attend in-person or online: developer.apple.com/events/view/...
Meet with Apple - Apple Developer
Join us around the world for a variety of sessions, labs, and workshops — tailored for you.
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October 6, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Apple is hosting an upcoming event at the Cupertino Developer Center from October 21–23 on creating immersive media experiences for visionOS. Attend in-person or online: developer.apple.com/events/view/...
Heads-up! Apple released its latest Immersive video, MotoGP Tour De Force, a 30-minute documentary that follows rider Johann Zarco during the French Grand Prix at Le Mans this year. tv.apple.com/us/movie/mot...
September 22, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Heads-up! Apple released its latest Immersive video, MotoGP Tour De Force, a 30-minute documentary that follows rider Johann Zarco during the French Grand Prix at Le Mans this year. tv.apple.com/us/movie/mot...
The 4th episode of "Wild Life" for Apple Vision Pro, titled "Orangutans," is now streaming: tv.apple.com/us/episode/o...
August 9, 2025 at 4:30 AM
The 4th episode of "Wild Life" for Apple Vision Pro, titled "Orangutans," is now streaming: tv.apple.com/us/episode/o...
Hugh Hou and his $30K Blackmagic URSA Cine Immersive camera: www.youtube.com/watch?v=DuBn...
I Bought the $30K Blackmagic URSA Cine Immersive – Best Settings & ISO Test (Unsponsored)
YouTube video by Hugh Hou
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July 11, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Hugh Hou and his $30K Blackmagic URSA Cine Immersive camera: www.youtube.com/watch?v=DuBn...
Andrew Gisch, co-founder of The Immersive Company, talking about the camera they’re releasing this year: www.youtube.com/watch?v=cR6o...
New Immersive Camera in 2025 - Interview about the “Frontier” system from the Immersive Company
YouTube video by Spatial & Immersive Video Insights
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July 9, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Andrew Gisch, co-founder of The Immersive Company, talking about the camera they’re releasing this year: www.youtube.com/watch?v=cR6o...
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...
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.
medium.com
June 26, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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...
A fantastic introduction to spatial and immersive formats by @addey.com. Definitely worth your time: developer.apple.com/videos/play/...
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...
developer.apple.com
June 10, 2025 at 4:54 AM
A fantastic introduction to spatial and immersive formats by @addey.com. Definitely worth your time: developer.apple.com/videos/play/...
Apple released some WWDC25 sessions on spatial and immersive video playback in visionOS. You can find them here: developer.apple.com/wwdc25/sessi...
Sessions & Labs - WWDC25 - Apple Developer
Learn about WWDC25 sessions, group labs, and one-on-one labs.
developer.apple.com
June 10, 2025 at 4:09 AM
Apple released some WWDC25 sessions on spatial and immersive video playback in visionOS. You can find them here: developer.apple.com/wwdc25/sessi...
Bono: Stories of Surrender (Immersive) is now available for Vision Pro and clocks in at a full 1h26m: tv.apple.com/us/movie/bon...
May 30, 2025 at 4:26 AM
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...
May 22, 2025 at 11:25 PM
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!
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groups.google.com/g/aivc
May 19, 2025 at 4:45 PM
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
groups.google.com/g/aivc
Apple just released a new Immersive video episode in their Adventure series titled Hill Climb: tv.apple.com/us/episode/h...
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…
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April 25, 2025 at 5:09 AM
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!
April 19, 2025 at 4:02 AM
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...
Spatial Video Tool Documentation – Mike Swanson's Blog
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April 7, 2025 at 6:47 PM
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...
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...
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.
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March 21, 2025 at 8:23 PM
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...
Heads-up! NVIDIA has added hardware-accelerated stereoscopic MV-HEVC support in their Video Codec SDK 13.0: developer.nvidia.com/blog/enablin...
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…
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February 27, 2025 at 6:05 AM
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.
February 11, 2025 at 10:39 PM
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.
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
FOSDEM 2025 - Multiview decoding in libavcodec and ffmpeg CLI
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February 9, 2025 at 5:36 PM
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
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...
Why Some People Don’t ‘See’ Mental Imagery: Aphantasia
YouTube video by Quanta Magazine
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February 2, 2025 at 11:24 PM
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...
Check out the latest Apple Immersive video, Man vs. Beast, on your Vision Pro: tv.apple.com/ca/movie/man... Open that chute!
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.
tv.apple.com
January 31, 2025 at 5:01 AM
Check out the latest Apple Immersive video, Man vs. Beast, on your Vision Pro: tv.apple.com/ca/movie/man... Open that chute!
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...
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.
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January 29, 2025 at 4:27 PM
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...
Upcoming MV-HEVC talk at FOSDEM 2025 regarding multiview decoding in libavcodec and the ffmpeg CLI: fosdem.org/2025/schedul...
FOSDEM 2025 - Multiview decoding in libavcodec and ffmpeg CLI
fosdem.org
January 20, 2025 at 6:27 PM
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...
My two-year fight against Activision’s False COD Ban (Unbanned!) – AntiBlizzard
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January 18, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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...