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📌 BREAKING NEWS : 10:30 AM (La Jolla-time) Wednesday, Feb 4, 2026 We ask you to ask yourself: 1.) What is AI good at ? 2.) What is AI NOT good at ? 3.) Who is AI best for ? Our take: 1.) The "common case," for which there was alot of data to train the model. 2.) Anything Unique, Innovative, OR Neoteric, for which there was little to NO data to train the model. 3.) Those who are "already an Expert in the field" for which they are leveraging AI.
For the record, we are NOT BIG fans of LLM-based AI. We are, however, very BIG fans of Physical AI. LLM-based AI produces too much Slop ! When it doesn't know, it doesn't tell you it doesn't know, it pretends it does. Regardless, we do believe there are LLM-based opportunities we can capitalize on. i.e., using the principles we've outlined above. Those sufficiently Skilled in the Art should have NO problem putting the pieces of the puzzle together. Think of this News Update as a follow-on to our last two News Updates. On a side note, we do plan to release the next update of Photosets, v26.412,
next week, shortly after iOS 26.3 is released. -----
📌 BREAKING NEWS : 7:30 AM (La Jolla-time) Wednesday, Feb 4, 2026 Building on what we stated yesterday regarding Apple's decision to let AI Agents build apps autonomously, we've defined "the functionality" of our first such app ! See our last News Update of yesterday for relevant background info. -----
📌 Older News Updates can be found on our News webpage. -----
Cosmosent Labs, Inc. La Jolla, California -----
Photosets Burst Photo Camera 10-bit 422 4K120 LZ4 (Lossless) Capture += 4 Xfer Functions: sRGB, HLG, Log, & Log 2 += multi-scene 10-bit ProRes 422HQ 4K video maker
(iOS App Store here in the States)
● Key STATs (June 10, 2015 - Feb 4, 2026): ● Installs: 50.1K World, 13.9K Here in the States ● # of App Review Approvals: 411 ● v26.412 out soon ! -----
📌 Photosets' Genlock-enabled MVC This table represents what R&D is working on, NOT what has been released.
(table last updated 6 PM, Tues, Jan 13, 2026)
| Version of Photosets |
Genlock-enabled Multi View Capture |
Physical AI/ML |
Target Market |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Master (1) |
Slave (2) |
Development |
Verification |
Captive In House & Third Party Use-Cases (3) |
App Store Consumers |
|
| In House |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
- |
| Premium Capture sub TBD |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
- |
| Base $9.99 USD |
- |
✔ |
- |
✔ |
- |
✔ |
(1) Macs & iPads with per-GPU Neural Accelerators. (i.e., M5 Macs & M5 iPad Pros) (2) iPhones with Genlock support & with per-GPU Neural Accelerators. (i.e., the 17P & 17PM iPhones) (3) NOT Rocket Science, this is where the real value is. -----
📌 Photosets v25.411+ (table last updated 8 AM, Fri, Jan 2, 2026)
| Bit Depth |
Single Photo Capture |
Burst Photo Capture (1) |
Video Maker (1) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 Mpx (33.33 ms) |
4K30 (33.33 ms) |
4K60 (16.67 ms) |
4K120 (8.33 ms) |
12 Mpx (33.33 ms) |
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| 10-bit (422) |
- |
- |
LZ4 in RGB3x |
LZ4 in RGB3x |
LZ4 in RGB3x |
- |
HW-based ProRes 422HQ Encoding (2) |
| 8-bit (420) |
- |
JPEG, HEIF |
JPEG, HEIF |
JPEG, HEIF |
JPEG, HEIF |
JPEG, HEIF |
H.264, HEVC (3) |
(1) As a reminder, it's Photosets' Long Press Shutter support controlling a User-sized FIFO Buffer that's the starting point of it ALL. (2) Photosets crafts 10-bit Videos simply based-upon what's stored in the app. (3) up-to "60" scenes per 8-bit Video. Also, for the record, from our perspective, nothing Technical prevents v25.411+ from becoming the planet's first-ever De Facto Burst Photo Camera App. -----
📌 How the different versions of Photosets (now) stack up,
Capture-wise. (v25.412+) (table last updated 8 AM, Mon, Jan 12, 2026)
| Version of Photosets |
Capture Duration (Photos per Set) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8-bit 420 |
10-bit 422 |
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| 8 Mpx |
4K30 |
4K60 |
4K120 |
12 Mpx |
4K30 |
4K60 |
4K120 |
|
| In House |
75 |
75 |
75 |
75 |
60 |
60 |
60 |
60 |
| Premium Capture sub TBD |
75 |
60 |
60 |
60 |
60 |
60 |
60 |
60 |
| Base $9.99 USD |
75 |
30 |
30 |
30 |
30 |
30 |
30 |
30 |
● 4K capture is (optionally, by You) Image Stabilized, 8 Mpx & 12 Mpx capture is NOT.
📌 ... and Video Maker-wise. (v25.412+) (table last updated 8 AM, Mon, Jan 12, 2026)
| Version of Photosets |
Max Capture Duration (Seconds per Video Scene) |
Video Maker |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4K30 (1) |
8 Mpx (30 fps) (2) |
12 Mpx (30 fps) (2) |
8-bit 420 60-scene (3) |
10-bit ProRes 422HQ Multi-Scene (4) |
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| 8-bit 420 |
10-bit 422 |
8-bit 420 |
8-bit 420 |
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| In House |
2.5 |
2.0 |
2.5 |
2.0 |
✔ |
✔ |
| Premium Capture sub TBD |
2.0 |
2.0 |
2.5 |
2.0 |
✔ |
✔ |
| Base $9.99 USD |
1.0 |
1.0 |
2.5 |
1.0 |
✔ |
✔ |
(1) 4K Capture is (optionally, by You) Image Stabilized. 8-bit 420 4K capture supports JPEG & HEIC. 10-bit 422 capture currently ONLY supports Lossless LZ4 "data" compression. (2) 8 Mpx & 12 Mpx Capture is NOT Image Stabilized. Capture Rate is Fixed at 30 fps. (3) 8-bit Videos crafted by the app's 8-bit Video Maker
may optionally include concurrently captured Audio data. (4) In a near-future update, 10-bit Videos crafted by the app's 10-bit Video Maker
will include per-Scene Dynamic Metadata.
📌 Alt. View for 8-bit 420 Capture (v25.412+) (table last updated 8 AM, Mon, Jan 12, 2026)
| Version of Photosets |
8-bit 420 Photo Capture (Max photos/set) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Image Stabilization |
No Image Stabilization |
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| 4K30 |
4K60 |
4K120 |
8 Mpx |
12 Mpx |
|
| In House |
75 |
75 |
75 |
75 |
60 |
| Premium Capture sub TBD |
60 |
60 |
60 |
75 |
60 |
| Base $9.99 USD |
30 |
30 |
30 |
75 |
30 |
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📌 Multi View Capture (MVC) The BIG Picture Perspective (table last updated 6 PM, Tues, Dec 30, 2025)
| Apple Product |
Cosmosent Software |
Multi View Capture |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Photosets |
Photosets TV/Studio |
Master |
Slave |
|
| Mac (M1+) |
- |
✔ |
✔ (1) |
- |
| iPhone (17, Air, 17P, 17PM) |
✔ |
- |
- |
✔ |
| iPad Pro (M5+) |
Now on the Back Burner |
- |
Now on the Back Burner |
- |
(1) Supports up-to "3" MVC slaves. -----
Operational Overview ● Each MVC slave streams their Camera's Live Preview to the MVC master. Specifically here, it's UN-compressed photo data that is Live Streamed
from the MVC slave(s) to the MVC master. ● The MVC master controls the Camera Shutter on ALL participants in the MVC session. ● The MVC master also controls select camera controls on ALL participants in the MVC session.
Who Controls OR Sends What ? (table last updated 6 PM, Tues, Dec 30, 2025)
| Mode |
Remote Shutter Control |
Live Preview |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| ACKs |
Burst Photo Data |
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| Master |
✔ |
✔ |
- |
| Slave |
- |
- |
✔ |
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📌 Apple's Final Cut Camera app vs. Photosets' Multi-View Capture (MVC) feature (table last updated 9 AM, Mon, Dec 29, 2025)
| |
Apple's Final Cut Camera app + Apple's $49 USD/year Final Cut for iPad 2 software |
Photosets' MVC feature |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Live Monitoring of up-to 4 different angles of a single scene i.e., up-to Four Feeds |
✔ |
✔ |
|
| Individual Control of each Feed |
✔ (1) |
✔ (2) |
|
| Video capture |
✔ |
- |
|
| High-Precision Timing Burst Photo capture (+ optional concurrently captured Audio data) |
- |
✔ |
|
| Captured Content stored on the Master |
✔ |
✔ (3) |
|
| Captured Content stored on the Slaves |
- |
✔ |
|
| Master |
iPhone |
- |
- |
| iPad |
✔ |
✔ (soon) |
|
| Mac |
- |
✔ (4) |
|
| Slaves |
iPhone |
✔ |
✔ |
| iPad |
✔ |
✔ (soon) |
|
| Mac |
- |
- |
|
| Craft Short-Form, Multi-Scene Videos with up-to 60 scenes from the Captured Content |
? |
✔ (5) |
|
(1) Capture, plus various camera controls. (2) Currently ONLY capture, but we're now working on adding support for everything, & more, that Apple supports with their Final Cut Camera app. (3) ONLY if the Master is an iPad and its Camera is participating in the MVC session. (4) via our companion macOS app for Photosets, Photosets TV/Studio. (5) As you may OR may NOT know, Photosets includes an integrated Short-Form, 60-Scene 8-bit 420 Video Maker. And it includes Rock Solid A/V synch support for the optional concurrently captured Audio data. You can run the Video Maker on an iPhone OR iPad. In the past, we had allowed Photosets' 8-bit 420 60-scene Video Maker to also run on a Mac. And for that case, End Users needed our Photosets TV/Studio macOS app with its custom App Group-based Content Sharing support, to pass photo sets IN & get Videos OUT (of the Mac app). -----