How to "see" the crazy dot map the iPhone X uses to scan your faceThe iPhone X uses an infrared flood illuminator and dot projector to recognize your face for both Face ID and Portrait selfies. Now, one user on Twitter has captured what that looks like!
A flood illuminator makes sure there's enough infrared light to "see" your face, even in the dark, and the dot projector beams a contrasting matrix of over 30,000 points for the camera to map against. (iPhone X review: The best damn product Apple has ever made)
Curious as to what all the TrueDepth tech in the iPhone X's front-facing camera actually looks like? Thanks to enterprising folks on Twitter, we have a pretty good glimpse. In shooting a video of his twins and Face ID tomfoolery, Oliver Thomas used his camera's night vision scope to "see" the actual process of a face scan.
#iPhoneX Stargate pic.twitter.com/K2LXgL93wD— Oliver Thomas (@ulliverti) November 21, 2017
The scan produces a beautiful, starry-night pattern of sorts; if you have the right tools, you can even use it as part...
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How to "see" the crazy dot map the iPhone X uses to scan your face
