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imagedepthios11iphone7plus

Get media with AVDepthData without an iPhone 7+


What's the best way to build apps for the AVDepthData without owning an iPhone 7+?

The depth data can only be captured on the iPhone 7+ that has the dual lenses camera. But I guess any iOS11 device can handle the depth data provided it has access to photos that contain it. I could not find any such media resource from Apple or other parties online. Does anyone has some? Or is there a better way?

I've tried to look into the iPhone 7+ simulator library, but the simulator crashes because it's not supporting Metal that the depth demo apps are using.


Solution

  • You will need someone (like me) that has an iPhone 7+ with iOS 11 on it to send you an image.

    Visit this link with Safari on iOS 11 and tap more... -> Save Image

    http://hellocamera.co/img/depth-photo.heic

    Note: I removed the gps data from this image.