John Ternus was on the new BART car, but not all Apple showed that everything was real outside
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At Apple's “Let Loose” event, commuters looked at their iPads rather than the landscape — but they missed a view of San Francisco Bay that doesn't exist.
It looks like Apple Maps was supposed to do this at launch, but this time it was intentional. Apple rather painstakingly modified the footage of San Francisco used in the “Let Loose” event to create a more beautiful shot.
Viewers may have suspected that Apple's John Ternus was admiring the iPad while on set rather than on an actual train. But the panoramic shot across the country from Apple Park to the commuter train was definitely fake — or at least one key part of it was.
Left: Apple's Bay Area version. Right: What it actually looks like, with an unphotogenic highway (Source: SFGate)
As always, Apple's video production is exceptionally well done and is a true showcase of how other tech companies fail in their presentations. . In this case, part of it was that it showed what appeared to be a perfectly synchronized drone shot of a train passing through San Francisco and through the middle of the frame.
But the local publication SFGate was not deceived and reported that it was “instantly known” that the falsification had been done in the Bay Area. As you can see from this event, the train smoothly cuts through a beautiful, tree-lined route — but Apple actually had to erase I-280 to make it look like this.
Several blocks of Oceanview homes were also reportedly digitally removed. Other houses were replaced by mansions.
On the other hand, Apple was praised for its realism, as the scene was filmed using one of the new Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) cars. And John Ternus had to hold on to the pole to maintain his balance, like a real passenger.
Credit to Apple: they did a very good job with the computer graphics. Apple now always does a good job with computer graphics — although not always to everyone's taste, as the recent Crush ad showed.
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