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iPhone 8 Infrared Face Detection and General Device Design Revealed in HomePod Firmware
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This doesn't mean no Touch ID.
If there is no fingerprint ID, I'm totally not interested in this. We've already seen this facial recognition hacked how many times now? iPhone 7 here I stay.
bunch of whiners will be going OHHH AHHH OHH AWESOME when schiller explains everything on the keynote day. mark my words.
remember guys, our brain's quality can't reach the level of apple r&d team of innovation, so keep quiet and just wait for the keynote before we all go cry baby.
remember guys, our brain's quality can't reach the level of apple r&d team of innovation, so keep quiet and just wait for the keynote before we all go cry baby.
But we have don't have any evidence of Apple's facial recognition being hacked yet versus others, because it's not available yet. So that's not really a fair comparison to prove otherwise.
OMG, the sky is falling, the sky is falling! Calm down and stop the FUD. Apple's face detection tech is not based on what you've previously seen, and you clearly have not been following what Apple has been developing in that area.
I think we're ALL getting a bit ahead of ourselves here.
"infrared face detection" and all the API's featured actually can be JUST for better more acurrate depth in pictures and in video for a fixed focal point.
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Further to this ...
Facial recognition would affect not only TouchID but ApplePay both for local payments and also for online payments and the upcoming ApplePay within iMessage for sending money to another iMessage person!
How exactly are you wtih your apple iphone 8 supposed to make a payment at a point of sale ApplePay terminal when you're holding the phone TO the console and your face right in front of it? Nose pictures anyone?!
That would be QUIET weird. Think about this one.
"infrared face detection" and all the API's featured actually can be JUST for better more acurrate depth in pictures and in video for a fixed focal point.
EDIT:
Further to this ...
Facial recognition would affect not only TouchID but ApplePay both for local payments and also for online payments and the upcoming ApplePay within iMessage for sending money to another iMessage person!
How exactly are you wtih your apple iphone 8 supposed to make a payment at a point of sale ApplePay terminal when you're holding the phone TO the console and your face right in front of it? Nose pictures anyone?!
That would be QUIET weird. Think about this one.
They've developed nothing, they bought the company RealFace and YES we have seen the RealFace demos.
That is so adorable! Believing Apple has developed nothing in that area. Apparently you are not aware Apple acquires many companies every year to augment their in-house development, over a wide range of technologies. What is the source of your specific inside information and Apple's plans?
And still, despite the above, you come out with your sky is falling FUD, saying you've seen all of the previous face detection technologies and they're all being BS tech.
They bought exactely 1 single company in the area of face recognition called RealFace. RealFace has a have a finished product not research or ideas, a finished product, which they already demonstrated. THAT is what Apple bought.
They did the same with Touch ID, they bought AuthenTec and implemented their Product unchanged. The AuthenTec guys continued to work on their product at Apple.
THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH THAT btw
Oh come on... the chin and forehead are smaller than the width of your thumb.
Is it really a problem?
And I agree... losing TouchID just to get reduced top-n-bottom bezels doesn't seem like a good idea.
Exactly one company? You don't know what Apple has been working on, or other companies Apple has acquired, besides the one mentioned above. Again, unless you have inside information you're willing to share.
And still, with that acquisition, you believe Apple's facial recognition will be a flop, spouting sky is falling FUD. Just like Apple acquiring AuthenTec and resulting in TouchID. No doubt when TouchID was leaked you felt the same way. Right? Cuz all previous fingerprint ID was BS tech...
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This will probably be for those of us who hate having to use Touch ID on the back as a secondary option.
NO you just made ALL of that up.
I literally said NOTHING like that.
I said I HOPE they are better than what we have seen so far.
I dont want to take off my sunglasses every few minutes when using my Phone outside.
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Dont forget that Apple has acquired 4 startups last couple years to make this facial recognition technology is ready and flawlessly applied in nowadays market.
They are LinX, RealFace, PrimeSense & Emotient. These 4 startups core technology is 3D sensing, Imaging & emotion recognition using AI.
I believe facial recognition would be Apple's standard in its next product for years to come.
They are LinX, RealFace, PrimeSense & Emotient. These 4 startups core technology is 3D sensing, Imaging & emotion recognition using AI.
I believe facial recognition would be Apple's standard in its next product for years to come.
No, what you said was: "Every face detection I've seen so far is just b.s. tech. They are unreliable, they are slow, you can't wear sunglasses in the summer, it just sucks. Unless Apple has invented a new world wonder of face tech, it's gonna be far inferior to touch id. No sunglasses, no deal for me."
The sky is falling, the sky is falling...
facialID will work from angles, so when you have your iphone sitting on table near you will work, it will work even if you have transparent glasses or sunglasses , and it will scan when you are using your iphone, from second to second,like mail push, to always know that is you using your phone and not somebody else
i heard that can be changed, from 1 second to 10 or 30 seconds
I think this is brilliant and much more secure than touchID
i heard that can be changed, from 1 second to 10 or 30 seconds
I think this is brilliant and much more secure than touchID
Agree. The solution will be robust with more collected metrics than TouchID. Also... It will be nice not having to remove my gloves to access my phone in the winter or when I'm working outdoors. A huge plus.
I doubt it. I wouldn't be surprised if this was some type of intentional leak. Of course that is anecdotal, but as we approach closer to the iPhone launch, sometimes we see these coded leaks that I believe Apple teases the public and creates more hype up until the iPhone launch.
