I think video calls with the other user staring over your head are creepy and weird.
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Attention Correction Feature in iOS 13 Beta Enables Appearance of Eye Contact During FaceTime Calls [Updated]
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I think video calls with the other user staring over your head are creepy and weird.
It is just depth map to adjust your eyes.
And most people still haven't explained why it is creepy. Are post processing filter / Computation Photos / Video creepy now?
Yes, and I am starting to think most people in this thread has never used video call or FaceTime before.
Wow, this is an incredible new feature. Not only does it alter your observed eye direction it also apparently completely alters your mood and expression too. Almost like an AI antidepressant. Better than Prozac. And included as a free feature with the latest iOS update! 
I agree, but the irony here is that Apple is altering the image so it looks more like the truth, which in this case is that the person is actually looking at you (well your image).
It would've been nice if he had a selfie from another iPhone next to the one with attention correction enabled. Sure, the adjacent iPhone selfie would be offset but only along the Y (or Z depending on your convention) axis, so the upshift would still be visible.
that’s kinda creepy.. but i suppose it will normalize soon enough. ;-)
A new feature in the latest iOS 13 beta makes users appear as if they're looking directly at the camera to make eye contact during FaceTime calls, when actually they're looking away from the camera at the image of the other person on their screen.
The FaceTime Correction Feature as demoed by Will Simon (@Wsig)
The new "FaceTime Attention Correction" feature, first spotted by Mike Rundle on Twitter, can be turned on and off in the FaceTime section of the Settings app, although it only appears to work on iPhone XS and XS Max devices in the third iOS 13 beta sent out to developers on Tuesday.
Why the feature is limited to these devices right now remains unknown. It clearly relies on some form of image manipulation to achieve its results, so maybe the software algorithms require the more advanced processing power of Apple's latest devices.
Rundle predicted in 2017 that FaceTime attention correction would be introduced by Apple in "years to come," but its apparent inclusion in iOS 13, due to be released this fall, has surprised and impressed him.
For more details on the many features coming to iPhones with iOS 13, be sure to check out our comprehensive MacRumors roundup.
Update: As demonstrated by Dave Schukin, the feature uses ARKit depth maps to adjust eye position to make it appear the user is looking at the camera.
Article Link: Attention Correction Feature in iOS 13 Beta Enables Appearance of Eye Contact During FaceTime Calls [Updated]
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thing is, it’s already like that.. our own eyes fool us constantly and/or our brains rearrange stuff so we can make sense of it even though it’s not actual reality.
so, same old same old ;-)
AI and other technologies will probably allow us to see more clearly.. or see the world in new ways which our own senses are unable to pick up on so our brain just incorrectly fills in the gaps..
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RE: "Update: As demonstrated by Dave Schukin, the feature uses ARKit depth maps to adjust eye position to make it appear the user is looking at the camera."
Depth Data Maps are IN-dependent of ARKit.
Depth Data Maps are IN-dependent of ARKit.
That's your biggest gripe? My biggest gripe with old people is just to see their face anywhere on the screen. Most hold phone up like they're talking on it so I get an ear or temple if I'm lucky.
“Notice the warping of the line across both the eyes and nose“
Oh, totally, yeah. So much warping. Duh, everyone should see that, right?
Uh. I don’t see any warping. I believe him that it’s there, I guess, but you’d have to look really hard to see it, because I got nothin’.
Oh, totally, yeah. So much warping. Duh, everyone should see that, right?
Uh. I don’t see any warping. I believe him that it’s there, I guess, but you’d have to look really hard to see it, because I got nothin’.
I guess this means that we will not be getting a FaceTime or FaceID camera under the screen anytime soon. That is the only other way to get people to "look directly" at other person.
A new feature in the latest iOS 13 beta makes users appear as if they're looking directly at the camera to make eye contact during FaceTime calls, when actually they're looking away from the camera at the image of the other person on their screen.
The FaceTime Correction Feature as demoed by Will Simon (@Wsig)
The new "FaceTime Attention Correction" feature, first spotted by Mike Rundle on Twitter, can be turned on and off in the FaceTime section of the Settings app, although it only appears to work on iPhone XS and XS Max devices in the third iOS 13 beta sent out to developers on Tuesday.
Why the feature is limited to these devices right now remains unknown. It clearly relies on some form of image manipulation to achieve its results, so maybe the software algorithms require the more advanced processing power of Apple's latest devices.
Rundle predicted in 2017 that FaceTime attention correction would be introduced by Apple in "years to come," but its apparent inclusion in iOS 13, due to be released this fall, has surprised and impressed him.
For more details on the many features coming to iPhones with iOS 13, be sure to check out our comprehensive MacRumors roundup.
Update: As demonstrated by Dave Schukin, the feature uses ARKit depth maps to adjust eye position to make it appear the user is looking at the camera.
Article Link: Attention Correction Feature in iOS 13 Beta Enables Appearance of Eye Contact During FaceTime Calls [Updated]
Another good reason not to use FaceTime. If I wanted to see someone's face while I conversed with them via an iPhone, then I would want to see their real face, not some doctored up garbage or their stupid, childish Animoji. A real, unaltered face will let you understand how the other person feels, how they are are reacting. Using a fake face merely confuses their actual reaction with some BS AI. No thanks! I wish Apple would spend way more time squashing bugs and improving functionality and usability, and less time with this kind of garbage.
Not really. Apple simply refined its Reality Distortion Field into a consumer product.
A simpler explanation is that it makes it look like your eyes are looking at the camera, not at the screen.
We naturally want to be looking at the face of the person we're talking to, so inevitably, our eyes will focus on the screen, a couple of inches below the camera. This has the effect of making it look to the viewer like you are looking at their throat or chest. Or if you're FaceTiming in landscape mode, looking over their shoulder instead of at their face.
This is a great idea that will help to humanize communication a bit more. I always find it a little disconcerting when I feel like either myself or the other party are not making proper eye contact.
You can work on more than one thing at once you know...It's not like Apple only has one development team.
If only I had this feature in real life when my wife is talking to me and I'm looking elsewhere at a pretty girl.