Testing the New FaceTime Attention Correction Feature in iOS 13

[CarlJ]

All it's doing is making it similar to if you're talking in real life. With it off, it always looks like you're staring at the person's stomach.

Clearly what they need to do is perfect that "behind the screen" camera tech, and then put the front camera in (behind) the middle of the screen, so you can just stare directly at the person while you're talking to them.

This current trick is well intentioned, but seems like it should have been one of the thousand "no"s rather than one of the few "yes"s.

 

[Jimmy James]

where will this end? Removal of blemishes? Removal of wrinkles? No more receding hairline? How about looking 20lbs lighter by getting rid of chubby cheeks and double chins?
Why not just let a freaking animoji do the talking while you're taking a shower?

Great idea! The real fun begins when you scare people meeting them IRL.

 

[McG2k1]

While I think the intent is good, why not just keep the thumbnail of the person to whom you're talking near the top of the screen where the camera is? Then you're looking at the camera anyway.

Not elegant enough for apple. Besides, can’t have the picture ruining the top of the screen like some kind of notch.

 

[antiprotest]

Apple really working on the important stuff. Eventually I want my part in every call to be entirely fabricated. So I can stay in bed or go eat lunch and Siri can tell me what "I" said to the other person later.

 

[QquegChristian]

Maybe it’s just me but his whole face looked semi-cgi on the XS using the tech. It just looked significantly more noise-reduced and his eyes looked bigger more than anything.

Might’ve been more impressive to see an actual side by side as clearly the front camera looks a lot different from the X to XS.

I’m actually kind of surprised how little tech like FaceTime and Skype have progressed in 10 years. Even dedicated video calling machines you are supposed to put in your kitchen are horribly mediocre.

This should’ve been in our living rooms on big TVs with cameras with larger sensors (someday 4K but GOOD 1080 would be a start) and sound mapping that can bounce to sound like your loved ones are in the room.

Nobody is seeing this as “disruptive” tech because we have it already, but if our living rooms could actually look and sound like windows into our loved ones’ living rooms, it could make a massive impact to highway and air traffic, especially around holidays. Working from home would also be far more viable, whereas conference calls right now are just AWFUL. Absolute garbage.

We THINK we have video calls right now but one day someone is going to do it “right” and it’s going to be like the first time you went from tube TVs to HD. It will blow our minds.

Apple will probably just put it on the Apple Watch at 240px instead and other companies will focus on avatars and VR with headsets grandma will never wear. Just give us the window in our living room!

 

[simonmet]

where will this end? Removal of blemishes? Removal of wrinkles? No more receding hairline? How about looking 20lbs lighter by getting rid of chubby cheeks and double chins?
Why not just let a freaking animoji do the talking while you're taking a shower?

They already tried that, at least the blemishes part: #beautygate!

 

[Mr Staunton]

Looks good, a bit more work required with the rendering though.

 

[simonmet]

I don’t feel the need to see people I’m talking to—and I’d prefer they don’t see me—but this is a nifty little trick.

So long as the eyes don’t start to pop up and down.

 

[computersteve]

Umm, the XS and the XR have the same A12 CPU. Also the feature is available on the XR so this has all became moot anyway.
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Probably requires the A12 to pull it off as the A12 has a much more powerful neural engine than the A11 found in the X.

Um, I love when you say that.. Then a simple jailbreak tweak will re-enable the feature on all unsupported devices with Face-ID.. It's literally just Apple being Apple.

 

[Pd1987]

This is a solution in search of a problem. Now fake eyes will be staring at you all the time. Is that really better than someone just looking below the camera? You'd rather a computer simulates someone looking at you? Sad, sad times.

exactly. was it that big of a problem that this "solution" is even warranted? even with this "feature," you still aren't technically making real eye contact with the other person, so what's even the point?? it just "appears" so...for what? this is beyond ridiculous

 

[ErikGrim]

This is absolutely bonkers. In the best possible way.

 

[fairuz]

So you

So you'd rather fake eyes stare at you instead? How is that better?

It's a fake person in the first place, represented by pixels and animation. But it looks real enough, as do the fake eyes. So I don't know what your complaint is. It's better cause it looks closer to talking to the person in real life. Removing blemishes does the opposite.
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While I think the intent is good, why not just keep the thumbnail of the person to whom you're talking near the top of the screen where the camera is? Then you're looking at the camera anyway.

That's what I do on my Mac, position the window near the top. I dunno, somehow doesn't work on the phone.
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Um, I love when you say that.. Then a simple jailbreak tweak will re-enable the feature on all unsupported devices with Face-ID.. It's literally just Apple being Apple.

Maybe, but if that tweak means putting all the processing on the CPU, there goes your battery life. Apple's not going to put warnings about model-specific consumption into the OS, rather let the user assume everything works fine.

There was plenty of BS about macOS "not supporting" older Macs, though. And hackers made it work anyway without any performance compromises. But when hardware acceleration is involved, I'd trust Apple on it. We never even got a jailbreak tweak to enable AirPlay video on old phones, I think.

 

[docziandras]

where will this end? Removal of blemishes? Removal of wrinkles? No more receding hairline? How about looking 20lbs lighter by getting rid of chubby cheeks and double chins?
Why not just let a freaking animoji do the talking while you're taking a shower?

I think it's the right level of creepiness. It's somewhat shocking that it's possible but it solves a small problem. They are actually your eyes and it does not go way beyond to actually alter your appearance. Until it stays at this level, I'm okay with it. Once it reaches the levels you described, I'm no more.

 

[Mitochris]

I think “AI” and “more natural” should never be put in the same context.

 

[Text2Speech]

Sorry To Burst Your Bubble Apple Fans, Apple Did Not Invent Anything, It's Been Done Already, Take A Look At This Link: https://catch-eye.com/

 

[TimB21]

This problem always drives me crazy and I thought the solution was going to be a camera behind the screen. Using software to solve it is genius. Don't like it? Don't use it!

 

[Gutwrench]

Now if Apple could help my eyes in real life maybe I’d get slapped less.

 

[JayBlueBird92]

This one feature alone has made me decide to upgrade from my lovely iPhone SE to the next major iPhone release.

 

[IBeenMacSince19]

Not available on the X? Seriously Apple?

(a) Dude, it's in beta. Wait to see what the actual product does.
(b) And you do realize that the Xs has a faster processor, right?
(c) First world problem.

 

[definitive]

the ios13 demo looked choppy. wonder if it's a software issue which can be easily corrected.

 

[MisterSavage]

I think it's a clever implementation.

My question is what is the default setting, on or off?

 

[ScreenSavers]

What’s the official excuse for making it exclusive to iPhone XS? iPhone XR had the same front camera and array of sensors and the same CPU. Yet another marketing ploy to artificially limit some products to make others look better. I remember they once even restricted background pictures to newer iPhones…

Works on iPhone XR and iPad Pro 2018

 

[TheFluffyDuck]

Makes you looked totally stoned lol. Cool little feature none the less, should be fun to experiment with

 

[name99]

where will this end? Removal of blemishes? Removal of wrinkles? No more receding hairline? How about looking 20lbs lighter by getting rid of chubby cheeks and double chins?
Why not just let a freaking animoji do the talking while you're taking a shower?

Why not indeed? What exactly is wrong with using an animoji to talk for you while you shower? I think that sounds like crazy fun and may even start a whole new YouTube genre once animoji are extended to cover the full body (which will doubtless come -- all the body mapping tech is present in iOS13...)

If you're so in love "authentic" communication, then why use a phone at all?

It's kinda bizarre how people who claim be tech fans fail can't hold back the scolding the moment anything even SLIGHTLY new appears. They can't say why they are scolding (what exactly is *wrong* with this feature?) but scold they must nonetheless. It really is nothing more than "old man shouts at cloud" syndrome.

 

[gregorynacu]

I wonder how it'll handle the situation where someone has a "lazy eye". That's when one eye drifts off and stops looking in the same direction as the primary eye. Would it correct that and make both eyes individually appear to be focused on the camera?