On the first day of WWDC 2022, Apple unveiled Continuity Camera, a feature that will allow macOS Ventura users to place their iPhone on their Mac and use the smartphone’s camera for video calls. The feature was widely appreciated, although it left many confused about how it would work, so on the second day, Karen King, an engineer with Apple’s camera software team, explained the feature in detail.
For starters, in addition to your Mac running Ventura, you need an iPhone that can run iOS 16, so those who still use an iPhone older than the iPhone 8 won’t be able to use a camera. for continuity. In addition, both your Mac and iPhone must be signed in to the same Apple ID using two-factor authentication.
According to Xing, you simply “bring your iPhone closer to your Mac and it works wirelessly so you can quickly join a conversation. Your iPhone will appear on your Mac as an external camera and microphone.
You can also use the Continuity Camera by connecting your iPhone to your Mac via USB.
Xing demonstrated the Zoom feature and said the app will initially launch with your Mac’s built-in camera and prompt you to switch to the iPhone’s camera, along with notes to let users know what they can do with the Continuity Camera, as seen in the screenshot below:
Xing went on to explain that you can keep your iPhone in landscape or portrait orientation, the latter giving you a larger field of view. Xing said, “Continuity Camera also allows you to do things you’ve never done with a webcam before, including several new video effects,” including the new Studio Light effect, which illuminates the subject while darkening the background.
Accessing video effects is as easy as dragging the Control Center down and selecting the desired video effect.
All video effects, including Center Stage, Portrait (Blurring your background) and Studio Light, can be used together in combination.
The Control Center is also where users will have access to Desk View, another new video effect introduced with the Continuity Camera. Desk View allows your iPhone’s ultra-wide-angle camera to display your desk, and you, something like a head-mounted camera combined with a regular one. The feature will be very useful for remote teachers and can also be used by people like Twitch streamers to display a handheld camera, provided they play on a Mac.
The feature will support a maximum frame rate of 60 frames per second (FPS) at a resolution of 1920 x 1440 pixels. The resolution will remain the same in Desk View mode, although it will be limited to 30 frames per second.
MacOS Ventura and iOS 16 beta versions are available for members of Apple’s developer program at developer.apple.com from now on, with broad release later this fall.
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