NeuralCamOwn product
Bringing AI powered Night Mode to 750M iPhones
- UX Design
- UI Design
- iOS Development
- Machine Learning
NeuralCam is the night photo camera app that makes it possible for every iPhone to take beautiful pictures in the dark or in low light settings.
We love capturing the moment, any time, anywhere. In fact, one of our co-founders is an amateur photographer. So, when Night Mode came to the Android phones, we were a bit jealous. We took on the challenge, however, to bring Night Mode to the iPhone, even before Apple did. And we made it. NeuralCam is the fruit of Halcyon Mobile’s AI lab, and our second AI-based consumer product.
The technology behind it
We made this possible by using the latest technologies based on AI and computational photography. When taking a photo, NeuralCam captures multiple frames. These are merged together in a smart way to obtain a higher-quality image. Furthermore, its machine-learning algorithm brightens up different regions of the image at a different level to make it look more natural. As the last step, noise reduction, sharpening, and other image processing filters are applied to improve the look of the final image.
Supporting
the Ultra Wide angle
The iPhone 11 came with new camera features, like the ultra-wide-angle lens, which we enjoy greatly. However, night mode is not supported for it.
Although the image quality of the ultra-wide and front-facing cameras slightly differs due to their lack of image stabilization, we have decided not to limit our users in their creativity, and provide the night mode experience for both.
Night Mode also for selfies
Taking a selfie during the night is always a challenge. Making it look good it's even harder.
We knew that using flash is not an option: flashlight selfies are burnt out and showing your worse side. We experimented and tried until we found the best light source available: Your own phone screen. Just a bit of white on the top and bottom of the screen gives enough light to brighten your face but don't burn the photo!
Simplicity and handiness
NeuralCam is about taking amazing photos at night in the seamless way possible. We’ve designed it to be minimalistic, carefully placing the elements and buttons to be within reach and visible, but at the same time out of the way.
Ready to use in any setting
Scaled from iPhone 6 to iPhone 11
NeuralCam supports all models from iPhone 6 and up, running iOS 12. It supports both front and back cameras, including the ultra-wide angle camera of the iPhone 11, with the exception of front cameras for iPhone 6S and 6S Plus.
Featured in
“NeuralCam is by far the best iPhone camera app for night photography.”
9TO5MAC
MORE THAN
25,000 users
in the first month
MORE THAN
2 million photos
taken by users
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