Apple admits that its webcams suck… and reinvents them in its own way – Frandroid

Craig Federighi has half-heartedly admitted that webcams on Mac are insufficient, but offers a new system using an iPhone. Hook your iPhone to your MacBook to use it as a webcam // Source: Apple MacBooks aren’t known for the quality of their webcams. In the long list of their qualities, this is not one of them and Apple seems perfectly aware of this, according to its new announcements at WWDC 2022. The iPhone as a webcam In collaboration with Belkin, Apple is launching a support allowing strap an iPhone on top of a MacBook screen to use as a webcam. The phone is immediately recognized and immediately replaces the poor quality computer sensor. This also improves the quality of the image by, for example, illuminating the subject and darkening the background, giving the impression that a ring light is being used. But these improvements made by artificial intelligence do not stop there. Using the wide-angle of the iPhone, it becomes possible to broadcast both the image perpendicular to the screen (you), as well as what is happening on the table on which the computer. Many algorithms then take care of straightening all the perspectives in real time to give the impression that a second camera is positioned above the keyboard. A great feat that will certainly allow many interesting creations. A single iPhone can take two shots simultaneously // Source: Apple The demonstration is rather impressive, but we’ll have to see what happens in everyday situations. To follow us, we invite you to download our Android and iOS application. You can read our articles, files, and watch our latest YouTube videos.