Apple iPhone with Quartz Composer a Portable VJ Tool?

The Apple iPhone is all over the blogs today – one of the most exciting things to me was to see Coverflow working on it. Could it be that we could run low-intensity Quartz Composer apps on this? It’s got a built-in camera and a video-out port, as well as an awesome multi-touch interface. I’m sure the built-in graphics are nothing astounding, but I was able to build some fun and beautiful things on an old iBook G4 in Quartz Composer – here’s hoping that we’ve got a portable video instrument on our hands!

If anyone has info about Quartz Composer running on the iPhone, give a shout in the comments!

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Published:: 01.09.07 / 4pm

Category:: Hardware, Quartz Composer

MO 02.28.07 / 3am

The production iPhone does not have a video-out port. The unit demoed at MacWorld was not a production unit, and was hacked specifically for that purpose.

Also, Quartz Compositions are really just XML descriptions of Quartz views, so there is no doubt that they are supported.

Given the unknown status of 3rd-party iPhone development, it’s unlikely you’ll be able to run arbitrary Quartz compositions. However, if 3rd-party Dashboard-style widgets are allowed, they support Quartz compositions (cf. Dashcode), so that’s the most probable way for this to happen.

Also consider that whatever the graphics capabilites of the iPhone, it’s extremely unlike that it supports pixel shaders, so Core Image effects are more or less out of the question.

Josh 06.09.07 / 5pm

um… the iphone has an ipod connector, and they make video out (kinda) for that sooo….

Momo the Monster 07.02.07 / 9am

Recent reports show that it does not output video. Guess we’ll have to wait for the new Touchscreen iPods…

KeynoteKen 07.18.07 / 3am

Nope, no video out and no Quartz Composer… yet. I hope to see one or the other, though, because while not as robust a system as an average mac, it might be able to handle a few layers.

lindsay 08.02.07 / 10am

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