Snapshot · Waveform: The MKBHD Podcast
A new iOS 27 photo editing tool called Spatial Reframe uses Gaussian splatting to reconstruct a 3D scene from any photo and lets users change their virtual camera position after the fact.
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iOS 27's Photos app gains three new editing tools that use on-device generative AI. Cleanup — Apple's object-removal tool — is meaningfully improved for reconstruction quality. Extend lets users generatively add up to 25% more image content to any edge of a photo, useful for reframing shots for Instagram's square format or recovering cut-off limbs. Each pass is limited to 25% but can be applied repeatedly. The star is Spatial Reframe: using Gaussian splatting technology borrowed from Vision Pro, it reconstructs any photo as a 3D scene and lets users reposition the virtual camera — rotating perspective, adjusting elevation, and generating new background content that didn't exist in the original shot. David tested it on a photo of The Verge's Vi Song and successfully added arm pixels and draping sweater fabric that looked convincingly real. Rufus found a higher-resolution Fujifilm X100 photo produced even better results than an iPhone photo, possibly due to sharpness advantages.
Spatial Reframe reconstructs a 3D scene from any photo and lets you pivot the camera angle, tilt up or down, or shift perspective — all after you've taken the shot. Apple trained the model primarily on iPhone photos, but testers found it worked even better on high-resolution camera files.
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