Blackmagic Goes All-In on Spatial Video With New URSA Cine Immersive Camera and Resolve Update

A Look at the Blackmagic URSA Cine Immersive Camera

Let’s first look at the new Blackmagic URSA Cine Immersive camera. Based on Blackmagic’s popular new URSA Cine line, this immersive version features a fixed, custom lens system pre-installed on the body. It has been specifically designed to capture the Apple Immersive Video format for display on the mixed-reality Apple Vision Pro headset.

The URSA Cine Immersive is certainly a beast itself, too. Its sensor delivers 8160 x 7200 resolution per eye with pixel-level synchronization and an impressive 16 stops of dynamic range, which is needed for shooters to record 90fps 3D immersive cinema content to a single file.

This custom lens system has also been designed for URSA Cine’s large-format image sensor, which has extremely accurate positional data that are read and stored during manufacturing. The immersive lens projection data is calibrated and stored on the device before it travels through post-production and into the Blackmagic RAW files.

Resolve Prepares for Apple Immersive Video

The other big news here is that Blackmagic has announced that the company plans to roll out a new version of DaVinci Resolve Studio, which is set to help filmmakers and video professionals of all types edit, color grade, and produce Apple Immersive Video shot on this new URSA Cine Immersive camera for Apple Vision Pro.

Some of the key features of this new Resolve Studio update include an immersive video viewer. This viewer lets users pan, tilt, and roll clips to view them on 2D monitors or Apple Vision Pro, allowing them to more fully “immerse” themselves in the editing experience.

Blackmagic has also shared that transitions rendered by Apple Vision Pro can be bypassed using FCP XML metadata, giving editors access to clean master files. Export presets will also enable quick output into a package that can be viewed directly on Apple Vision Pro.

Price and Availability

Blackmagic shared the full specs and features of the new URSA Cine Immersive Camera and the DaVinci Resolve Immersive video update.

Blackmagic URSA Cine Immersive Features

• Dual custom lenses for shooting Apple Immersive Video for Apple Vision Pro.

• Dual 8160 x 7200 (58.7 Megapixel) sensors for stereoscopic 3D immersive image capture.

• Massive 16 stops of dynamic range.

• Lightweight, robust camera body with industry-standard connections.

• Generation 5 Color Science with new film curve.

• Each sensor supports 90 fps at 8K captured to a single Blackmagic RAW file.

• Includes high-performance Blackmagic Media Module 8TB for recording.

• High-speed Wi-Fi, 10G Ethernet, or mobile data for network connections.

• Includes DaVinci Resolve Studio for post-production.

DaVinci Resolve Immersive Features

• Monitoring on Apple Vision Pro from the DaVinci Resolve Studio timeline.

• Edit Blackmagic RAW Immersive video shot on Blackmagic URSA Cine Immersive.

• Immersive video viewer for pan, tilt, and roll.

• Complete post-production workflow for immersive with edit, color, audio, and graphics.

• Export and deliver native files for viewing on Apple Vision Pro.

The Blackmagic URSA Cine Immersive is now available to pre-order directly from Blackmagic Design offices worldwide for $29,995. (Delivery will start in late Q1 2025, and the camera should be available from Blackmagic Design resellers later next year.)

The Apple Immersive Video update for Resolve Studio is set to release in Q1 next year.