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face regognition to log in?

groovdudeyo

groovdudeyo

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You think apple will ever use their new face recognition thingy to log in? sort of like a thumbprint scanner that uses the camera on the macbook. It would be easy to trick (just hold a picture of the person) but my brothers are too dumb to think of that.
 
If they implement something to distinguish depth then yea, it could happen. That way a picture wouldnt be able to fool it.
 
but it would be cool. I mean i can make this really weird face by twisting my lips and no one could ever get a picture of me doing that. it definitely wouldnt work if you have very important documents on your comp that no one else should see but it would make your mac a little more secure.
 
groovdudeyo said:
Sonar?? :p
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No, there are methods that measure certain things to determine depth. During my tour of Uconn I met a professor that was using it in his project to be able to place a robot in a room and have it be able to navigate the entire building successfully.
 
The built in isight on the Macbooks and MBP's can already calculate depth, otherwise the cheesey backgrounds on ichat wouldnt work properly.
 
kastenbrust said:
The built in isight on the Macbooks and MBP's can already calculate depth, otherwise the cheesey backgrounds on ichat wouldnt work properly.
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I think that has to do with movement. thats why it asks you to move out of the way of the camera for a second or two
 
NT1440 said:
If they implement something to distinguish depth then yea, it could happen. That way a picture wouldnt be able to fool it.
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it probably wouldnt be too hard if the screen flashed like in photobooth using the way it lights up.
 
mackmgg said:
it probably wouldnt be too hard if the screen flashed like in photobooth using the way it lights up.
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I think the professor I was talking about used something similar. He had a scanner that used light to map out the room. It was REALLY interesting:p
 
kastenbrust said:
Also depth, it has to gauge how far away your real background is to make the effect over layer look realistic.
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ACTUALLY it just takes a picture of the backround and anything new isnt part of it. thats y it wont work if you move anything.
 
mackmgg said:
ACTUALLY it just takes a picture of the backround and anything new isnt part of it. thats y it wont work if you move anything.
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exactly, its greenscreen technology, but it susbsitutes your backround for the green screen.
 
kastenbrust said:
So then why does it matter how cluttered and white your real background is?
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Clutter would lead to shadows and that means many many many different shades of colors. I think it would be extremely innefficient to sort out every shade.

You dont need a white backround, it just works MUCH better because its much more uniform.

If I'm not getting my point across its kinda like this. In paint (im using vista:() take any amateur picture and try to use the filler tool on a **** thats a certain color. Youll never be able to use the tool to fill in the entire shirt because it only fills in that EXACT shade.
 
Liquidpics said:
My Macbook pro emitts gamma rays fom the isight camera :eek: I swear it lights up green and let's you have it if your messing with it. :D
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I always laugh at technology in movies. Computers beep and boop when doing ANYTHING, rays outside the visible spectrum always are visible for some reason, the list goes on and on. But hey, if they were realistic no one would watch them.:p
 
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