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Apple’s secretive 3D cinema camera resurfaces for ‘Submerged’

Apple’s 3D cinema camera used to record immersive video has been revealed in detail, with the rig capable of 8K-resolution recording for the Apple Vision Pro.

A close-up of a high-tech camera rig with dual lenses, wires, and a microphone, set in an indoor environment with blurred background.
Apple’s 3D cinema camera [Apple]

On Thursday, Apple released Submerged, a 16-minute short film viewable on the Apple Vision Pro. One day later, details about Apple’s camera used to film the immersive video have surfaced.

The camera, so far unnamed, is shown as a stereoscopic device that can capture spatial content for the Apple Vision Pro. It’s an Apple-designed imaging device, using a pair of large sensors that could record at up to an 8K resolution in a 180-degree field of view, according to YMCinema, which is using patents as a reference point.

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