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iPhone 8 Will Include 'Revolutionary' Front Camera With 3D Sensing Abilities
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Get some imagination, people! Rather than screaming about this, take some time and think it though: this could definitely replace or be an alternative to TouchID for most use cases. Just pick up your phone and you're logged in. The 3D/IR aspect of it provides much greater security against spoofing. The fact that it is IR means it can work in the dark (a complaint I heard on here yesterday).
And this is just for authentication. Think of the other uses this could have in the VR realm.
If these rumors prove true, this device may be the most revolutionary phone since the original iPhone.
And this is just for authentication. Think of the other uses this could have in the VR realm.
If these rumors prove true, this device may be the most revolutionary phone since the original iPhone.
Seems rather pointless if true as I'm pretty sure Microsofts Hello feature doesn't have that fancy stuff, and it seems to work just fine from what people say.
I'd still rather just have a finger print scanner on a phone.
Hmm the more I think about it, the more it just seems this camera tech will replace Touch ID and I bet that's because they can't make the finger print scanner work through the screen, or it will not offer them the usual massive mark up in profits they love so much at Apple. I bet you will see a no Touch ID all glass
screen design with face detection, which is cheap tech as Microsoft have been using it for years now.
I'd still rather just have a finger print scanner on a phone.
Hmm the more I think about it, the more it just seems this camera tech will replace Touch ID and I bet that's because they can't make the finger print scanner work through the screen, or it will not offer them the usual massive mark up in profits they love so much at Apple. I bet you will see a no Touch ID all glass
screen design with face detection, which is cheap tech as Microsoft have been using it for years now.
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I get your point but people have always lived all their lives without XYZ before XYZ came along. It doesn't in itself mean an innovation is worthless.
They certainly have! Did you forget about Google's Cardboard?
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Yep
Let's shut down the internet guys! We lived 50 million years without it!
Because I expect Apple to do what it does best: take an emerging product category with a frustrating user experience and proceeed to deliver a polished product made possible by its control over both the hardware and software.
Explain "galaxy of Apps/ digital crown " on Apl watch at launch then. while at that explain "Planet of the Apps"
Are you seriously complaining about placeholder art in a patent application? What's wrong with you?So help me god, if they actually go about making the stupid Avatars they came up with using this tech I'm going to be pissed.
http://www.patentlyapple.com/patent...e-future-avatar-creation-and-editing-app.html
Hopefully they're doing something useful with this technology instead.
Really? I guess I haven't noticed any Windows Phone owners using this feature.
Whilst having this with the IR on the front camera makes a use case for the facial recognition (functionality I'm still not sold on). Surely the bigger application use is to have this on the back of the device with the other cameras? At least we can approximate an AR headset this way round with a little bit of Cardboard love.
3D avatars would be interesting for about 5 minutes and we've seen no indications of glasses-less 3D, Nintendo 3DS style, in the rumours that could make this a killer FaceTime feature.
This rumor makes me suspect that if this functionality comes to pass it will be like the NFC chip for Apple Pay and not a developer facing feature.
3D avatars would be interesting for about 5 minutes and we've seen no indications of glasses-less 3D, Nintendo 3DS style, in the rumours that could make this a killer FaceTime feature.
This rumor makes me suspect that if this functionality comes to pass it will be like the NFC chip for Apple Pay and not a developer facing feature.
Are you seriously incapable of reading? I didn't comment on the art, I commented on the notion of avatars and posted a link to the supporting evidence. Please read, try real hard.
TouchID isn't going anywhere. I have 10 fingers but only 1 face. A security person can force the phone in front of my face and unlock the phone. Which finger will do that is unknown.
Did you read the article?
The camera will function by merging the depth information captured by the IR transmitting and receiving modules
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What in god's name does that even mean?
Maybe that's just because there aren't that many, or maybe it's not something you'd even notice. But that doesn't detract from the point being made that Windows Phone can already do this.
I love how people feel qualified to review stuff theyve never actually even seen, let alone used. Keep it up!
Holy ****, imagine BitMoji (Snapchat users know what's up) with a face that this 3D sensor makesSo help me god, if they actually go about making the stupid Avatars they came up with using this tech I'm going to be pissed.
http://www.patentlyapple.com/patent...e-future-avatar-creation-and-editing-app.html
Hopefully they're doing something useful with this technology instead.
Frivilous, but it would be cool
iPhone 8? So that's 2018's model, because this September will be the iPhone 7s/7s Plus.