If they wanted it to be a secret it wouldn’t be in the betas. As has happened before with new features. Especially ones tied to upcoming hardware
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Attention Correction Feature in iOS 13 Beta Enables Appearance of Eye Contact During FaceTime Calls [Updated]
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If they wanted it to be a secret it wouldn’t be in the betas. As has happened before with new features. Especially ones tied to upcoming hardware
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I saw the image and expected this story to be about a critical flaw in the IOS Health app.
That was the question I had. How does this affect battery life if you're on a lengthy Facetime call as opposed to the feature being off?
It took me a while to see it too. I wasn't sure what I was supposed to focus on. In the image on the left, the Camera app picture (despite the higher resolution, which is one obvious difference) it looks as though his eyes are not looking at you. But, looking down slightly. That's because, he's not looking at the camera, but at himself on the screen.
In the second picture, on the right, he is still looking at the screen rather than the camera. But because this was captured from FaceTime, it looks as though his eyes are looking right at you. It's subtle, but, he definitely doesn't look like he's looking at you in the one on the left, and the one on the right is certainly improved. (If you ignore the difference in resolution, which isn't the point and has no relation to this new feature.)
It’s not more comfortable people not looking directly at you during FaceTime. I can’t stand people looking past you when FaceTiming and this will solve the problem
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Y tho? is this really worth of spending time on within the IOS? I dunno, maybe that's just me...
Can we just have the option to turn off the little square of ourselves? I don't want to see me at all, just the other person.
Hmm it's clever, novel, and a lousy, Kafkaesque solution to this problem.
I say this because I don't believe that synthetically creating the effect of eye contact is going to give people the desired emotional response of actually making eye contact, it's just going to add an additional error prone layer to an already temperamental communication tool.
Just hold your phone further away from your face, it'll have nearly the same effect without all the CPU/GPU cycles.
I say this because I don't believe that synthetically creating the effect of eye contact is going to give people the desired emotional response of actually making eye contact, it's just going to add an additional error prone layer to an already temperamental communication tool.
Just hold your phone further away from your face, it'll have nearly the same effect without all the CPU/GPU cycles.
Wouldn't it be simpler to have the iPad camera actually point in the right direction in landscape mode instead of portrait? Can't say I've ever seen anyone use an iPad in anything but landscape.
Thank you, Apple
Sincerely,
OK, I was quietly reading this thread until I came across this comment (and photo) and I suddenly started laughing hysterically. Quite literally "laughing out loud," to the point where my wife came into my home office to ask me what was so funny. So, I had to go through the whole original post (in order to give her context), show her the original photos of how the new feature corrected the guy's gaze so he was looking at the camera instead of the screen, and then I showed her this comment. Now SHE can't stop laughing!!!
I am praying... there is a bug with this at some point, so the eyes go like super crazy or something of the sort... would be amazing and hilarious.
Now if only there was an app that made it appear like you’re paying attention to your spouse when you’re more interested in something else. If it can determine the correct response to whatever just rambled out, and make said response for you, that’s even better.
Sometimes uh huh... yeah... uh huh... yes I totally understand... sure... ok...
And next thing you know, you just agreed to house 2 generations of family for a week.
We need an app to prevent these kinds of misunderstandings. One designed to process the emotional spillage of their day would be useful too.
You know... while they’re working on apps that make you look like you’re paying attention... you need to sound like you’re paying attention too.
Sometimes uh huh... yeah... uh huh... yes I totally understand... sure... ok...
And next thing you know, you just agreed to house 2 generations of family for a week.
We need an app to prevent these kinds of misunderstandings. One designed to process the emotional spillage of their day would be useful too.
You know... while they’re working on apps that make you look like you’re paying attention... you need to sound like you’re paying attention too.
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.
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You are describing the Apple AR Glasses coming in 2020 or 2021. I can't wait to see the applications for AR glassesIf only I had this feature in real life when my wife is talking to me and I'm looking elsewhere at a pretty girl.
What if looking at yourself is important? I mean... I know what they look like. But maybe I have a hair out of place... should really need to know these things so you can look your best. Hmm... maybe the image of us should be bigger so I can tell if I have something stuck in my teeth while I’m talking. This stuff is important.
I'm really surprised by the number of people who don't like this feature. Yes, it is a minor "distortion" of reality when you shift someone's eyes in a live video stream to make it appear as though they are looking at the camera (directly at you) rather than looking at the center of the screen (a couple of inches below the camera). But that isn't intended to "distort" anyone's perception, it is intended to "correct" the minor issue of someone paying attention and looking directly at your face when your "eye" (the camera) is located above your face on their screen.
I really see this as a very advanced version of auto spell correct which when it works as intended, aids communication by eliminating misspelled words. Does anyone complain that auto spell correct "distorts reality" by making the sender appear to have a better command of the English language and spelling than they really have?
I really see this as a very advanced version of auto spell correct which when it works as intended, aids communication by eliminating misspelled words. Does anyone complain that auto spell correct "distorts reality" by making the sender appear to have a better command of the English language and spelling than they really have?
There's one thing I learned from a decade working in image manipulation: don't mess with people's eyes! It can become creepy in a very subtle way where you can't put your finger on what's wrong. Your brain is incredibly fine tuned to reading faces and especially eyes, and will pick up on every tiny thing.
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