Beeble Camera launches, creating a VFX studio on your phone

Beeble has unveiled a free iOS app called Beeble Camera, which it says turns an iPhone into a “mini virtual production studio” with real-time tracking and AI-powered VFX. The video below showcases how the software works.

Powered by LiDAR and ARKit, Beeble Camera tracks the phone’s position and depth in real-time while filming, anchoring footage to real-world space.

Recordings are then uploaded to the Beeble web platform, where they are processed into camera-tracked, rotoscoped, and relightable VFX passes. The resulting content can then be composited into scenes, or continue to be worked on in Beeble Studio or software such as Blender.

“Making AI technology accessible is one of our biggest goals,” said Hoon Kim, CEO at Beeble. “Enabling anyone to capture footage with their phone and generate VFX passes is a breakthrough for indie creators and teams working on previs. At the same time, we’re scaling for studios, our next major update will deliver a local version of Beeble.”