{"id":606615,"date":"2026-04-14T16:50:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-14T16:50:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/606615\/"},"modified":"2026-04-14T16:50:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T16:50:09","slug":"blackmagic-unveils-vr-camera-for-live-immersive-broadcasts-coming-later-this-year-for-26k","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/606615\/","title":{"rendered":"Blackmagic Unveils VR Camera for Live Immersive Broadcasts, Coming Later This Year for $26K"},"content":{"rendered":"

Blackmagic Design unveiled its next VR camera, the URSA Cine Immersive 100G, which is targeting live immersive video production specially for Apple Vision Pro.<\/p>\n

The new VR camera system pairs dual 8K\u00d78K RGBW sensors with a 100G Ethernet interface, which the company says<\/a>\u00a0is designed to handle the bandwidth required for stereoscopic, high\u2013frame rate capture\u2014up to\u00a090 fps at full resolution, Blackmagic says.<\/p>\n

Each sensor is said to deliver up to 16 stops of dynamic range and uses an RGBW pixel layout intended to improve color sampling and low-light performance. Additionally, footage can be recorded as a single Blackmagic RAW file or streamed as ProRes via IP.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Image courtesy Blackmagic Design<\/p>\n

You can already see footage captures with Blackmagic\u2019s latest VR camera too. Blackmagic revealed the URSA Cine Immersive 100G was actually used for Spectrum Front Row, a series of live Lakers games in Apple Immersive during the 2025-2026 season. Those games are available to watch on-demand now<\/a> using the Spectrum SportsNet and NBA apps for Vision Pro.<\/p>\n

Alongside the camera, the company announced the URSA Live Encoder, a dedicated processing unit that compresses the dual image streams into Apple ProRes and outputs them as SMPTE 2110-22 IP video. The combined data rate remains under 50 Gb\/s per camera, allowing two synchronized units to share a single 100G connection, the company says.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Image courtesy Blackmagic Design<\/p>\n

Blackmagic says the system is designed for live broadcast scenarios, such as sports and concerts, where immersive formats require synchronized, high-resolution feeds with minimal latency.<\/p>\n

Blackmagic URSA Cine Immersive 100G is slated to arrive sometime in Q3 2026, priced at $26,495 (excluding local duties and taxes). Blackmagic URSA Cine Live Encoder will be available later this year, the company says.<\/p>\n

This follows the release of\u00a0Blackmagic URSA\u00a0Cine Immersive<\/a>\u00a0in 2025, a camera specially designed to shoot 8K VR180 footage for the Apple Immersive Video format. Notably, the older URSA Cine Immersive was specifically meant for post-production work, and not live broadcasts as such.<\/p>\n

In the meantime, check out the full features below, courtesy Blackmagic:<\/p>\n

Blackmagic URSA Cine Immersive 100G Specs<\/p>\n

Dual custom lenses for shooting Apple Immersive Video for Apple Vision\u00a0Pro.
\nDual 8K x 8K sensors for stereoscopic 3D immersive image\u00a0capture.
\nMassive 16 stops of dynamic\u00a0range.
\n100G Ethernet for SMPTE-2110-22 live video\u00a0output
\nLightweight, robust camera body with industry standard\u00a0connections.
\nGeneration 6 Color Science with new DaVinci Wide Gamut film\u00a0curve.
\nEach sensor supports 90 fps at 8K x 8K stereo captured to a\u00a0single Blackmagic RAW file or a\u00a0single ProRes 2110-22\u00a0stream.
\nIncludes high performance Blackmagic Media Module 8TB for\u00a0recording.
\nHigh speed Wi-Fi, 100G Ethernet or mobile data for network\u00a0connections.
\nIncludes DaVinci Resolve Studio for post\u00a0production.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Blackmagic Design unveiled its next VR camera, the URSA Cine Immersive 100G, which is targeting live immersive video…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":606616,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[64,63,105,238,239,240],"class_list":{"0":"post-606615","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-virtual-reality","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-technology","11":"tag-virtual-reality","12":"tag-virtualreality","13":"tag-vr"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/606615","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=606615"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/606615\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/606616"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=606615"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=606615"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=606615"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}