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What do you think Apple will do with the Kinect (Dot Projector and Infared Camera) in the iPhone X?

Starfyre

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I think were underestimating the Dot Projector on the front of the iPhone X used for FaceID here. It looks like this is something that is equivalent, if not more accurate than the Microsoft Kinect.


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Possible Applications I think that could be unlocked in the future.

1) An API similar to the Kinect API, but instead of a device that sits next to your home theater or TV, it's all in your phone. Developers could pretty much use this for any application the Microsoft Kinect has.

2) Detect gestures, and other body parts including hands, fingers, feet.

3) Gaming! Think about Just Dance 2017 for XBox One... on your phone. iPhone screen too small? Put your iPhone X in front of your TV with a stand, and use Airplay to mirror onto your TV through Apple TV.


The Dot Projector can build a unique "lidar-like" projection of your room and identify objects and the distance to them.

What do you guys think? Is this possible? Can anyone think of other ones that could be possible?
 
I assumed the Snapchat demo at the iPhone X Launch was vastly superior to existing phones because of the dot projector? Possible on existing phones, but not as good.
 
Starfyre said:
I think were underestimating the Dot Projector on the front of the iPhone X used for FaceID here. It looks like this is something that is equivalent, if not more accurate than the Microsoft Kinect.


Face-ID-1.png


Possible Applications I think that could be unlocked in the future.

1) An API similar to the Kinect API, but instead of a device that sits next to your home theater or TV, it's all in your phone. Developers could pretty much use this for any application the Microsoft Kinect has.

2) Detect gestures, and other body parts including hands, fingers, feet.

3) Gaming! Think about Just Dance 2017 for XBox One... on your phone. iPhone screen too small? Put your iPhone X in front of your TV with a stand, and use Airplay to mirror onto your TV through Apple TV.


The Dot Projector can build a unique "lidar-like" projection of your room and identify objects and the distance to them.

What do you guys think? Is this possible? Can anyone think of other ones that could be possible?
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I wonder what the range is of the devices? I imagine that it is optimized for a relatively short distance, ie: your hand to your face. I don’t think it would work so well to put it in a stand and have it watch you dance.

I do suspect that you could do hand gestures and it would detect that. Flick your hand to go to the next page, flick up, flick down, flick left, flick right. All possible.
 
Built in 3D scanner, object modeling
But maybe that’s the “S”
 
MacManiac1 said:
I do suspect that you could do hand gestures and it would detect that. Flick your hand to go to the next page, flick up, flick down, flick left, flick right. All possible.
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The latest VW in-car entertainment units use hand gestures to scroll through certain menus.

I guess we could see it used on a phone, say for 'page down/up' scrolling on web pages, ebooks etc.
 
Ralfi said:
The latest VW in-car entertainment units use hand gestures to scroll through certain menus.

I guess we could see it used on a phone, say for 'page down/up' scrolling on web pages, ebooks etc.
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I’m trying to think when these hand gestures would actually be useful though— in a phone.

If I’m already holding my phone, I can just swipe to scroll up, down, etc.

If my phone is a fair distance away from me, chances are I’m not using it to browse the web.
 
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JohnApples said:
I’m trying to think when these hand gestures would actually be useful though— in a phone.

If I’m already holding my phone, I can just swipe to scroll up, down, etc.

If my phone is a fair distance away from me, chances are I’m not using it to browse the web.
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Wet/dirty fingers? Not sure.

Possibly more useful in tablets.
 
appleguy123 said:
Who would this help? Deaf people can type in text based languages, and sign language requires more motion than typing so there really isn’t a disabled person who would be helped by this.
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You are right. I was thinking more like gestures primarily. Sign language as input will probably be very limited use and slow and cumbersome.
 
It's definitely optimized for short range.

But most likely they'll add a long-range version to the back in the future. It would greatly increase Camera and AR capabilities.
 
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