All you Need To Know About iPhone X’s invisible Face ID Camera
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Source Apple :Our vision has always been to create an iPhone that is entirely screen. One so immersive the device itself disappears into the experience. And so intelligent it can respond to a tap, your voice, and even a glance. With iPhone X, that vision is now a reality. Say hello to the future.
The iPhone X has two signature features: the all-screen design and the TrueDepth camera that powers the phone’s Face ID facial recognition system. Face ID is supposed to be more secure than any other facial recognition system out there, and it brings over to iOS a new way of interacting with the device for unlocks and transaction authentication.
What is Face ID?
Face ID a form of biometric authentication. Rather than a password (something you know) or a security dongle or authentication app (something you have), biometrics are something you are. Fingerprint recognition is also a biometric.
Instead of one or more fingerprints, as with Touch ID, Face ID relies on the unique characteristics of your face. Apple is betting that its technology can meet six separate hurdles:
- Initially scan your face accurately enough to recognize it later.
- Compare a new scan with the stored one with enough flexibility to recognize you nearly all the time.
- Scan your face in a wide variety of lighting conditions.
- Update your facial details as you age, change hairstyles, grow a mustache, change your eyebrows, get plastic surgery, and so forth to still recognize you.
- Let you wear hats, scarves, gloves, contact lenses, and sunglasses, and still be recognized.
- Not allow a similar-looking person, a photograph, a mask, or other techniques to unlock your phone.
Does Face ID replace Touch ID?
the hardware requirements for Face ID are only found in the upcoming iPhone X. All other new iPhone models and all existing ones will retain Touch ID. Apple might choose to retain Face ID as a premium differentiating feature, but based on the company’s previous patterns of high-end feature rollouts.
Reason iPhone x Coming Late
The TrueDepth camera is also the reason why the iPhone X won’t launch until early November, and why Apple has been dealing with production issues. A recent report from The Wall Street Journal identified manufacturing issues with the dot projector, calling it the main iPhone X component that’s keeping production behind.
What will I use Face ID for?
same things that you currently do on iPhone 6 & 7: Apple Pay, App Store and iTunes purchases, and third-party apps that currently rely on Touch ID. Apple says that third-party apps—as with Touch ID—will be able to allow a Face ID authentication, and iOS only informs the app whether or not the match was accurate.
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