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Code in macOS Big Sur Suggests Face ID Could Be Coming to Macs
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Windows Face ID works fine on crappy budget laptops. The Kinect 1, which is the same technology as Apple's Face ID sensor, worked great on PCs when it came out in 2010.
Thanks, Couldn't remember the name of it. Better than a regular password IMO.
Does this mean we'll get webcams that don't make it look like we're calling from 2006?
I think you can hold up pictures to unlock it. Or so ive heard.
Are you assuming Apple is putting SLR Camera lens on the top of that monitor? Funny, because iPad Pro does have much much smaller display and it doesn’t have a notch. But then again, what would the internet be without the memes.
It’s been 3 years since Face ID, I would assume that everyone who reads this site knows the difference with Windows Hello, and why the comparison with Windows laptops with slim bezels makes no sense.
Anyway, I think the real reason why it hasn’t been implemented yet is that your face is usually within the IR angle when using the iPhone, while on the Mac it would depend on the opening angle in the case of the laptops. It’d be more feasible on the iMac.
Anyway, I think the real reason why it hasn’t been implemented yet is that your face is usually within the IR angle when using the iPhone, while on the Mac it would depend on the opening angle in the case of the laptops. It’d be more feasible on the iMac.
based on ipads code faceid can easly work for macbooks too...on imacs it will be even easier since they dont depend much on thickness , on laptop side they need to have the lid around 5mm thick
Apple could have implemented face authentication based upon the front facing cameras that already exist in their devices, but it is indeed very Apple-like to abstain from releasing a lower end, less secure and cryptographically satisfying form of face authentication on existing devices and instead embark on some far more expensive, laborious r&d to implement the feature correctly. What faceid does with its neural engine and array of sensors is far more sophisticated and secure than windows hello or xbox connect or what android phones do for facial authentication.
Very excited about this, this feature is so much more practical on a laptop/desktop. Windows Hello has been one of my favorite features of the Surface line, and even prompted me to get a fancy Logitech webcam for my desktop.
I like FaceID on my iPhone, but on a bring everywhere device I'd prefer a fingerprint reader; especially now while wearing masks, but also when it comes to more trivial things like just yawning or trying to discretely check your phone beneath a table.
I like FaceID on my iPhone, but on a bring everywhere device I'd prefer a fingerprint reader; especially now while wearing masks, but also when it comes to more trivial things like just yawning or trying to discretely check your phone beneath a table.
The same way it works on current macbooks with Touch ID. You just enter a password instead.
Just remove cameras from the iMac all together and equip new iPhones and new iMacs with strong magnets so you just slap your iPhone on the side like an Apple Pencil. It charges while is able to be used as a webcam.
If you have to pull out your phone to unlock your Mac, you are saving no time. And if you already have your phone out, you cannot also look at the Mac too. That’s why the watch unlocking the Mac is still the most elegant and sensible solution assuming you have a watch.
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It causes me considerable distress that the notch isn't centered in your otherwise perfect graphic.
