Pico 4 Ultra is the latest device capable of taking Spatial Video & Photos, with features previously seen only on Vision Pro

With the presentation of the new Pico 4 version with AR added capabilities, the number of devices capable of recording Spatial Video continues increasing.

The first device supporting the new MV-HEVC video standard was obviously the Apple Vision Pro. Soon after, the latest iPhone 15 Pro model joined the standard, but soon after, a third-party App for iPhone offered the ability to record Spatial Video (and images) even better than the official Apple solution: with much higher resolution, higher frame-rate, better color gamut (HDR 10 bit), and now also with stabilization: Spatialify.

A few months ago, XReal presented an Android device specialized in recording in the Spatial MV-HEVC video format. The entire iPhone 16 line up joined the list a few weeks ago. And now, the new launched Pico 4 Ultra supports capturing and viewing Spatial Videos & Photos.

To watch them in 3D, only the Vision Pro and the Pico 4 Ultra allow it… Unless you buy an iPhone Spatial Display, which allows watching Spatial Videos in 3D on the iPhone itself.

Recording on the Pico 4 Ultra with its camera separation should produce recordings with strong depth. The quality is square 4K per eye at 60fps and very high bitrate (50Mbps), thanks to its dual 32MP cameras, the resolution is taken from an oversampled source, which refines more the sharpness. We would like to compare recordings in low light conditions with the Vision Pro, specially knowing that Pico 4 Ultra stabilizes the recording thanks to the 6DoF sensors.

Fortunately, the price of Pico 4 Ultra is the same as other 3D cameras like the Acer SpatialLabs Eyes camera. That means that for the price of a 3D camera you have multiple devices in one: 3D camera, 3D viewer, VR headset, AR headset, and wireless (Wi-Fi 7) display for up to 3 computers and smartphones, simultaneously -instead of 1 on the Vision Pro-, and 20 simultaneous windows. You can use your Windows, Mac, iOS, or Android device without blocking the view of your physical keyboard and mouse. You can easily transfer files from your smartphone (including Spatial Videos & Photos from an iPhone). Basically, differently to other popular VR/AR headsets, does everything the Vision Pro does and more, but much cheaper.

Added to that, Pico will soon update the headset with Spatial Audio recording, so Spatial Videos will improve a lot, with according sound.

Contrarily to general belief, the Pico Store includes a massive library of 650 Apps & games for VR, and 40 Apps & games for AR currently (900 and 50 at the end of the year). There’s also a lot of 3D 180/360 contents in Pico Video, including interactive documentaries, to not only watch them, but also be part of the experience. Examples include Discovery Channel’s “Surviving Africa with Ed Stafford”, Netflix’s “3 Body Problem Expedition”, Intel’s “Outer Space” exhibition, or ByteDance’s “Leonardo da Vinci’s Invitation” MR interactive Story. Fitness activity are optionally tracked among Apps, to convert it to a fun all-in-one fitness device. Privacy is protected, so your data will not be taken & sold without the possibility to impede it, like it happens on other popular headset.

What a wonderful time to be, with more and more ways to create and enjoy 3D content…