Apple is combining emoji with animations, and it takes advantage of the iPhone X's 3D face - scanning
TrueDepth camera array.
And analyst Ming - Chi Kuo — who, like Bloomberg's Mark Gurman, has a mostly excellent track record on correctly predicting Apple hardware details — believes that Apple will add
the TrueDepth camera array that powers Face ID to iPad Pro models in 2018, according to MacRumors.
That's down to
the TrueDepth camera array.
From the front, well, you get the screen and you get the notch / flap /
TrueDepth camera array.
AR Emoji movement can't compare to Apple's iPhone X
TrueDepth camera array.
Apart from the «notch» where Apple houses the iPhone X's ear speaker,
TrueDepth camera array, and other sensors, the bezel is remarkably thin all the way around the screen which every other phone we've looked at has a huge bezel on the bottom.
It is worth noting that, while a flashing light can be seen when filming
the TrueDepth camera array with another camera, it is not visible to the human eye.
Snapchat on Friday rolled out a set of three iPhone X-exclusive Lenses that use data from
the TrueDepth camera array to mold realistic AR overlays, or masks, onto a user's face.
Not exact matches
Unfortunately, rumors seem to indicate that Apple won't add an additional
TrueDepth system to its rear - facing
camera, owing to the higher spec demands and difficulties in producing the fragile and complex
array.
The
TrueDepth camera is an
array of depth - sensing
cameras and sensors on the top of the iPhone X.
Apple could «wrap» the black sensor housing around both sides of the device, allowing the
TrueDepth Camera — and its advanced
array of sensors — to be used in both a front - facing and rear - facing manner.
Interesting thing is that iPhone X Settings claims that the issue is related to
TrueDepth camera, while Apple Store says that according to their test programs, «issue was with the REAR wide and tele lenses, not the front
array».
Apple's iPhone X also has a wider display with a 19:9 aspect ratio, though of course there's a little notch on top of the display packed with the
TrueDepth front
camera and
array of sensors for FaceID.
Also, Apple's iPhone X has a notch because the company has packed in an
array of sensors on the front, including the
TrueDepth camera, Infrared Camera, Flood Illuminator, Dot Proj
camera, Infrared
Camera, Flood Illuminator, Dot Proj
Camera, Flood Illuminator, Dot Projector.
The selfie
camera has portrait mode due to the
TrueDepth array up at the notch.
Apple introduced a new feature called Animoji on the iPhone X, in part to help showcase the phone's
TrueDepth camera and sensor
array.
For those unfamiliar with the term, the «notch» is what people are calling the
TrueDepth camera and sensor
array at the top of the new iPhone X's display.
The iPhone X uses a special
camera array at the front that Apple calls the
TrueDepth system, and which allows the
camera to isolate a person's face from the background to recreate all the various Portrait Mode features previously available to the rear
camera only.
Thanks to recent updates in iOS and some elbow grease on our part, Halide now fully supports the
TrueDepth camera and its
array of sensors.