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| [* black] Hey remember that Face ID feature? In an unusual turn of events, we actually tested it before we tore the phone down. Turns out our IR-enabled video camera isn't fast enough to snag the dot pattern, but we can see the illumination alright! | |
| + | [* black] History time: way back in the day, Microsoft made a nifty spatial sensor called the [guide|4066|Kinect]. The infrared dot matrix tech powering it was created by Israeli tech company [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PrimeSense|PrimeSense]. |
| + | [* black] Apple bought PrimeSense for a cool $360 million way back in 2013, and has surely invested hundreds of millions more since then bringing this to market. |
| + | [* black] Meanwhile, Microsoft was left in the lurch and had to scramble to develop a new sensing system for the Kinect 2. Perhaps now that the iPhone has a depth sensor, people will [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kmMzc2-ray0|attach it to drones], too! |