Blackmagic Design URSA Cine Immersive Camera for Vision Pro Spacial Videos Announced

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by Jeff LochJune 11^th, 2024

During Apple’s WWDC 2024 keynote, the company announced a new camera Blackmagic Design is currently working on: the Blackmagic Design URSA Cine Immersive. This camera will be one of the first ones able to produce Apple Immersive Video content for the Apple Vision Pro. Also, new updates for DaVinci Resolve will be released to make it the “world’s first Immersive Video Editor.” So, let’s take a closer look at it!

The Apple Vision Pro virtual reality headset was announced in June 2023 and was finally released in February 2024. However, creating content for Apple’s high-resolution immersive goggles is still complex, as you need to capture VR content in stellar resolutions, around 14K/100MP. A few months ago, even Canon claimed that no camera could create content for the Apple Vision Pro.

It’s not a secret that technology is moving fast. During the annual Apple WWDC 2024 conference, the tech giant mentioned working closely with Blackmagic Design to design capture and editing solutions for the Apple Vision Pro announcing the development of the URSA Cine Immersive.

Blackmagic Design URSA Cine Immersive – what we know

At the time of writing, Blackmagic Design announced the development of the URSA Cine Immersive, but we have limited information about it. However, we know the camera is based on the newest URSA Cine platform so you can expect the same input/output/connectivity in this new immersive version.

We can’t confirm if the URSA Cine Immersive is based on the URSA Cine Full-Frame 12K version or the URSA Cine 65mm 17K version. However, Blackmagic Design mentions that the camera sensor can capture 8K stereoscopic 3D footage with an “8160 x 7200 resolution per eye with pixel level synchronization,” with a whopping maximum framerate of 90fps stereoscopic.

The URSA Cine Immersive will feature a “fixed, custom lens system” specifically designed and calibrated for the camera. The footage will be captured in a new Blackmagic RAW Immersive with up to 16 stops of dynamic range.

DaVinci Resolve update

Blackmagic Design mentions that the new “Blackmagic RAW Immersive file format is an enhanced version of Blackmagic RAW designed to make immersive video simple to use through the post-production workflow.”

Regarding post-production, DaVinci Resolve will receive updates to support the new file format and a new Immersive Video Viewer to pan/tilt/roll clips for viewing on 2D monitors. Of course, it will also be possible to view and monitor clips directly on an Apple Vision Pro headset.

Lastly, Blackmagic Design mentions that “transitions rendered by Vision Pro will also be able to be bypassed using XML metadata, giving editors clean master files where the transitions are rendered in the Vision Pro. Export presets will enable output into a package that can be viewed directly on Apple Vision Pro.”

Price and availability

We have no information about the price or availability of the Cine URSA Immersive or DaVinci Resolve updates, but we will update you once we do.

For more information, please visit Blackmagic Design’s website here.

What do you think about this new Cine URSA Immersive model? Are you interested in capturing Immersive content for the Apple Vision Pro? Don’t hesitate to let us know in the comments down below!