Report: Apple's New 'World-Facing' 3D Camera Coming to At Least One iPhone This Year

That would be really asinine if Apple makes their most expensive iPhone 12 model notchless while cheaper models retain the notch.
 
brar.arsh said:
I like that concept phone in that rendered image.. Would buy that any day over my 11 pro max..
After having a look at how thin bezels do S20 series have, I phones so called all screen phones have started looking dated..
It's been same design for last 3 years..
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It may look dated, but trust me, you don't want to trade the Face ID on iPhone for the in display fps on the Samsung S series that is currently out. I have an 11 Pro and an S20. I really enjoy both phones very much but that fps is often pokey and fails a lot. Even Android friendly reviewers complain about it.

What I hope is that side button scanners get improved and implemented, at least on future Samsungs.
 
calstanford said:
That'll be a nice gimmick to play with and show off to your friends.

And then never use again.

Noone holds their phones this way when navigating around.
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because there is no phone that can offer this so why would you be walking around like that. I sure would use it a lot if I can watch through my phone as I walk down the street with information about business's and landscape info.
Doesn't sound like a gimmick to me one bit.
 
Seems like a deliberate company leak to shore up stock price.

Probably killed Cook to reveal the AR timeline. It might seem like weak tea from our perspective, but he's been dangling/teasing/hinting AR for years. He really does lack the showmanship gene....
 
What I find interesting is if they apply this technology to whatever "apple car" may be in the works. With automation systems being integrated into automobiles these days such as adaptive cruse control, self parking, lane departure assist, collision warning, and other items, such technology rumored in this phone would really bring up the precision of these automotive and transportation features.
 
In case millennials didn’t already stare at their phone enough, here’s one more!
Before you make a boomer joke, I am a millennial. 😂
 
I'm amazed that with the size of cellphones nowadays, with multiple lenses already common, that somebody hasn't just added a lens far enough away from the primary one to match the inner ocular distance of your average human. There are plenty of software packages that analyze stereo images to get depth point clouds etc., so no special lasers needed. And you can make standard stereo pictures and videos for VR use.
 
Google maps has done this for a while now - walking directions. It checks location, compass and recognises buildings/landmarks, so it know what direction you're going or should go. Work great without any extra camera involved.
 
wouwout said:
Google maps has done this for a while now - walking directions. It checks location, compass and recognises buildings/landmarks, so it know what direction you're going or should go. Work great without any extra camera involved.
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It really doesn’t though in the way Apple is going.

Google does nothing more than place an extra layer of VR on top of the view based on what you said; location and gyroscope data.

If those things aren’t there (like practically everywhere in NYC) it doesn’t work at all.

Apple’s version is actually “seeing” where you are versus just enhancing what you see based on location data only.
 
MozMan68 said:
It really doesn’t though in the way Apple is going.

Google does nothing more than place an extra layer of VR on top of the view based on what you said; location and gyroscope data.

If those things aren’t there (like practically everywhere in NYC) it doesn’t work at all.

Apple’s version is actually “seeing” where you are versus just enhancing what you see based on location data only.
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It works great in Chicago (another large city) and in the surrounding suburbs. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
 
Glockworkorange said:
It works great in Chicago (another large city) and in the surrounding suburbs. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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Yeah...it's mainly NYC (and some areas of central city Philadelphia) that are issues. Building density is crazy. Chicago is a very "wide open" city with tall buildings fairly spread out and lots of access to open sky from multiple directions typically. It's more about access to a good GPS signal than people density/cell service typically.
 
calstanford said:
That'll be a nice gimmick to play with and show off to your friends.

And then never use again.

Noone holds their phones this way when navigating around.
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Apple are building their AR platform so its ready for the place it actually makes sense Apples AR glasses.

Its a clever move. Most AR headset makers have no ecosystem and no apps. Apple is making sure developers are familiar with the platform and how it works so they will hit the ground running with their glasses.
 
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