Apple brings spatial video capture to iPhone 15 Pro with iOS 17.2

Teased during its conference in September, spatial video capture finally arrives on iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max via the latest iOS 17.2 update. To view videos captured using this specific feature, you'll need Apple's Vision Pro, which is expected to be released early next year. Those who own either of the two iPhone models can now enable the spatial video capture feature in Settings. menu and start recording their favorite moments in three dimensions.

According to Apple, spatial videos are captured at 1080p at 30 fps (frames per second) in standard dynamic range. To capture spatial videos on iPhone, open the Camera app in Video mode and rotate the phone to landscape orientation. Next, tap the space video icon and click save.

As soon as you tap the record icon, the iPhone will start recording videos from the main and ultra-wide cameras. Both iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max are able to resize the ultra-wide camera's field of view to match that of the main camera, then save everything into a single video file.

As mentioned earlier, these space videos are intended to be viewed using Apple's Vision Pro headset. If watched on iPhone or other devices, space videos will appear as normal 2D videos.

All captured spatial videos are saved to a new spatial album in the Photos app and will sync across all devices with iCloud. Those who can afford the Apple Visio Pro will be able to play spatial videos in a window or expand them into an immersive view.