Mike Swanson

Technologist, immersive/spatial video enthusiast, iOS award-winning app developer, and former Microsoft employee of 12 years (among many other geeky things).

[Mike Swanson @anyware]

@thsottiaux Two things, model-related:

1) Stop adding "compatibility" and "legacy" support for prior API/functions without an explicit ask.
2) Learn that unit tests aren't the same as integration tests.

These are the two things that I *constantly* have to remind the model about.

[Mike Swanson @anyware]

@justinryanio @thespatialgen Awesome!

[Justin Ryan ᯅ @justinryanio]

I got early access to Real Madrid: The Weight of Greatness on Apple Vision Pro and it genuinely feels like the future of sports broadcasting.

Filmed with 30+ Blackmagic URSA Cine Immersive cameras, the perspectives and level of immersion are incredible. 21 min. Available May 22

[Mike Swanson @anyware]

@davepl1968 One of my absolute favorite games!

[Justin Ryan ᯅ @justinryanio]

Coming to the visionOS App Store later this month. We’re entering a new era of video.

[Mike Swanson @anyware]

@DivyanshT91162 Comprehensive specs, and a definition of done. That's how I've been doing it, and it works great.

[Mike Swanson @anyware]

Colorfront Introduces Colorfront Immersive Utility, a New Mac App for Creating Apple Immersive Video: https://t.co/wt115G4EKq

[Mike Swanson @anyware]

MainConcept Announces Multiview Encoding for Apple Immersive Video: https://t.co/vIGlITqcO4

[Mike Swanson @anyware]

@davepl1968 As a former 'softie myself, I applaud this focus. But I remain skeptical until I start to see some real results. Thoughts on how we got here: https://t.co/CA6Na701FU

[Mike Swanson @anyware]

@perrikaryal I was subjected to this at SIGGRAPH years ago. They basically asked me to walk a straight line, and they "steered" me with a controller. Freaky.

[Mike Swanson @anyware]

@lennysan @sherwinwu

[Mike Swanson @anyware]

YouTube launched a native app for Vision Pro: https://t.co/xLy3kbvo3s. With 3D 360 and VR180 support. Also signed-in experiences with subscriptions, playlists, watch history, etc.

[Mike Swanson @anyware]

Good discussion with @gruber and Brent Simmons on The Talk Show about my recent Backseat Software article (starting around 1:36:20): https://t.co/zP6QO3J5xp

[Mike Swanson @anyware]

I recognize a lot of the AI fatigue described in this article, and I had to detox over the holidays. Great post!

[Siddhant Khare @Siddhant_K_code]

AI was supposed to make us more productive. So why is everyone more exhausted?

Each task gets faster. So you do more tasks. Your brain doesn't scale like a GPU.

Wrote about it honestly.

https://t.co/soBi8xGbSZ

[Mike Swanson @anyware]

@Siddhant_K_code I had to detox over the holidays. Great article! I recognize so much of it.

[Justin Ryan ᯅ @justinryanio]

This is wild. Arcturus Studios is capturing real sports in full volumetric so you can explore the action from any angle.

They surround the field with cameras and use Gaussian splatting to turn the game into a 3D experience. This is the future of sports.

[Mike Swanson @anyware]

@markoa Great takeaways, Marko. And it is a paradox!

[Mike Swanson @anyware]

Hugh with another great immersive tutorial.

[Hugh Hou @hughhoufilm]

Apple just expanded its immersive creation pipeline with Apple Creator Studio, and Compressor is now a key part of delivering high-quality Apple Immersive Video for Apple Vision Pro.

Full tutorial: https://t.co/9TpL8yA9nM

In this quick breakdown, I show the real-world workflow pros are using to turn a DaVinci Resolve ProRes Bundle into a final AIVU file, complete with Apple Spatial Audio (ASAF), lens metadata, and XML—clean, fast, and optimized for Vision Pro playback.

Comment “Compressor” and I’ll DM you the exact render settings. #applecreatorstudio #immersivevideo

[Mike Swanson @anyware]

OpenImmersive 1.6: now playing side-by-side and over-under: https://t.co/CXmkFsmQK3