Mirage Capture

The crew you already own.

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Your iPhone is the camera, your iPad is the monitor, your Mac is the studio, and Apple Watch is the remote.

Every camera you own, in one studio on your Mac.Your iPhone, on your Mac.Bring your iPad to your Mac.

Mirage for Mac brings in your iPhone and iPad over Wi-Fi, adds your Mac’s cameras and screen, and arranges them for you. Use the result as your camera in any video call, or record every angle.

Mirage for Mac showing a group: an iPad’s capture card, the Mac’s screen, the Mac’s camera, and an iPhone camera in one arranged picture

Drag one source onto another to make a group, and Mirage arranges it for you: cameras float in bubbles over a screen, or sit side by side in a grid.

Your iPhone as a studio cameraWhen it allows it, zoom, focus, set exposure, record on it, and lock its screen from the Mac, or with a game controller.

MonitoringFalse color, zebras, and focus peaking on any device’s picture. Never in the virtual camera or recordings.

PrivateNo account and no cloud. Every connection is encrypted and paired with a six-digit code.

Requires macOS 26 or later. More about Mirage for Mac

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iPhone · Mirage Camera

Turn your iPhone into a live camera.

Send video and mic audio to your Mac, to OBS over your local network, or to any browser. You can also send it to another iPhone or iPad, or record it.

Mirage for Mac watches it over Wi-Fi. Turn on Virtual Camera to use it in Zoom, Google Meet, FaceTime, or OBS, with no plugin.

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Director on iPad running a Mac studio: the camera in use, three more cameras, sound levels, and the teleprompter

Director on iPhone running a Mac studio, with its cameras, recording, and stream

Run the show from your iPhone or iPad.

Director watches up to four cameras at once, and runs your Mac studio from your hand: switch what’s in use, record, add markers, play a replay, and start the stream.

The camera in use shows a purple edge, red while it records, so everyone in the room knows.

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A two-person podcast in the Mirage for Mac player, with each microphone on its own lane

Microphone on iPhone connected to a Mac, with its level, Mute, and Record

Any iPhone is a microphone.

Use a spare iPhone as a wireless microphone for your Mac. Every voice gets its own track, and the phone keeps working with its screen locked.

It records its own copy as well, so a dropped connection never costs you the take.

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Mirage on iPad displaying a Mac desktop through a capture card

Turn your iPad into a capture monitor.

Plug in a UVC capture card and see your camera, console, or computer live. Check exposure and focus with false color, zebras, and focus peaking.

Listen to source audio, take screenshots, or broadcast the clean feed to another iPhone, iPad, or Mac.

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Demo an app or walk someone through a task. Start Screen Share on one device, then pick it in Director on another, or in Mirage for Mac, and enter the six-digit code.

Director also watches Camera and capture-card broadcasts, up to four at once. Devices connect over your local network.

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Mirage Capture on Apple Watch running a Mac studio: recording time, stream time, Marker, and Replay

Mirage Capture on Apple Watch controlling an iPhone microphone: recording time and Mute

Roll from your wrist.

Record, flip the camera, switch lenses, turn on the light, and mute from Apple Watch, with a live preview. From Director, run your Mac studio: record, add a marker, replay, and switch.

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How it works

Get it onceOne purchase installs Mirage Capture on your iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple Watch.

Join the same Wi-FiDevices find each other on your network. Pair once with a six-digit code.

Pick a source and a destinationA camera, screen, microphone, or capture card, to your Mac, OBS, a browser, or another device.

Built in

Virtual cameraMirage Camera in Zoom, Meet, FaceTime, and OBS.

Multicam recordingA file per angle, in sync, with an editor timeline.

Live streamingRTMP with your own stream key.

Live captionsWritten on your Mac, into the picture.

Instant replayThe last 10, 20, or 30 seconds, again.

Follow the SpeakerSwitches to whoever is talking.

NDI® and BrowserEvery source into OBS or any browser.

ProRes and Apple LogOn supported iPhone Pro models.

Pro monitoringFalse color, zebras, peaking, waveform, LUTs.

TeleprompterScrolls as you speak.

Search recordingsFind what was said, seen, or heard.

Shortcuts and SiriRecord, mark, and switch hands-free.

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Questions

What is Mirage Capture?

An app that turns the Apple devices you already own into a video crew: your iPhone is the camera, your iPad is the monitor, your Mac is the studio, and Apple Watch is the remote.

Which devices does it work on?

iPhone and iPad with iOS 17 or later, Mac with macOS 26 or later, and Apple Watch paired with an iPhone. Capture Card needs an iPad with a USB-C port.

Do I need to buy it for every device?

No. One purchase includes the iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, and Mac apps.

Is there a subscription or an account?

No subscription and no account. Mirage Capture works over your local network, with no cloud.

Can I use my iPhone as a webcam for Zoom, Meet, or FaceTime?

Yes. Mirage for Mac’s virtual camera, Mirage Camera, shows your iPhone, or a group of cameras, in any Mac app that lets you choose a camera.

Does it work with OBS?

Yes. Send any iPhone or iPad to OBS as an NDI® source: OBS needs the DistroAV plugin and the NDI Runtime, then a restart. On a Mac, Mirage Camera works in OBS with no plugin. See How to use your iPhone as a camera in OBS.

Can I record several cameras at once?

Yes. Mirage for Mac records every camera, screen, and microphone as its own file, in sync, with a timeline for Final Cut Pro, Premiere Pro, and DaVinci Resolve.

Can I use an iPad as a monitor?

Yes. With a UVC capture card, an iPad with USB-C shows any HDMI source, with false color, zebras, focus peaking, a waveform, a histogram, and LUTs.

Get Mirage Capture.

One purchase for iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple Watch. No account, no subscription.