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| [* black] We turn our attention to the top of the phone to find the much talked about ~~[https://www.theverge.com/circuitbreaker/2017/9/17/16315510/iphone-x-notch-kinect-apple-primesense-microsoft|mini Kinect|new_window=true]~~ TrueDepth camera system! This system rallies a team of sensors to bring facial recognition to the X. | |
| - | [* black] First the flood illuminator blasts your face with invisible IR light |
| - | [* black] The dot projector then shines a grid of over 30,000 invisible IR dots, which the IR camera reads to [https://gomeasure3d.com/blog/how-structured-light-3d-scanners-work-video/|create a three-dimensional map|new_window=true] of your face. |
| - | [* black] Speaker, Mic and 7MP Front Camera |
| + | [* black] First the flood illuminator blasts your face with invisible infrared (IR) light, which the front-facing camera uses to confirm that someone's looking at the phone. |
| + | [* black] The dot projector then shines a grid of over 30,000 invisible IR dots, which the IR camera reads to [https://gomeasure3d.com/blog/how-structured-light-3d-scanners-work-video/|create a three-dimensional map|new_window=true] of your face. |
| + | [* black] Under the hood, the X works some serious software magic to bring all these pieces together and figure out if you're you, or your [https://www.macrumors.com/2017/10/31/iphone-x-face-id-twin-tests/|evil twin|new_window=true]. |
| + | [* black] Also present, while less exciting: the earpiece speaker and microphone. |