Methods and systems for providing virtual lighting

A processing system for providing a mobile camera application for use with a plurality of device sensors of a mobile device, comprising:

• a processor and related circuitry that are configured to:
• receive a user input instructing the mobile device to capture in real time a two-dimensional (2D) output image of a current view of the plurality of device sensors;
• receive a plurality of sensor outputs produced from sensing information in the current view by the plurality of device sensors comprising sensing, by one or more of the plurality of device sensors, a preliminary 2D frame,
• create a virtual three-dimensional (3D) space from at east some of plurality of sensor outputs,
• provide lighting effect to the virtual 3D space according to an adjustment to a virtual light source in the virtual 3D space upon receiving a signal generated from such an adjustment, and
• in response to receiving the sensor outputs and the user input, produce, in real time in relation to receiving the sensor outputs, the 2D output image in accordance with the adjustment to the virtual light source and the preliminary 2D frame.