Face ID on the iPhone X could soon face some stiff competition from one of Apple’s biggest rivals in China.
Huawei unveiled its latest tech today that is destined for its Android smartphones and it looks like the company may have come up with a facial recognition solution that’s already better than Face ID.
Some analysts have predicted that it will take Android handset manufacturers 18-24 months to catch up with Apple’s 3D sensing technology. Huawei is looking to leapfrog Apple though by developing a 3D mapping camera system that captures 10 times more data points than Face ID.
Photo: Huawei
For Huawei’s facial recognition system, the company plans to use fringe projection instead of a laser. The system will create a map of elevations and depressions of a face to measure 300,000 points within 10 seconds.
That could possibly make it more robust than Apple’s True Depth camera on the iPhone X. But there’s one catch: Huawei hasn’t announced a phone that actually packs the new technology. During the company’s demo they also showed off a clone of Apple’s animoji feature. Executives didn’t say whether it will be included in the Huawei P11 which is expected to launch next year.
Via: Engadget
Buster Hein is a freelance writer who lives in Phoenix, Arizona. Twitter: @bst3r.
5 responses to “Huawei reveals details of its upcoming Face ID competitor”
Well that’s nice, but it isn’t to market.
You know another demo that looked amazing? Bixby (or whatever it was called at the time). That was a great demo. “Way better than Siri!”, cried the experts.
300.000 points within 10(!)seconds. Wow. Sure. I’ll make myself some coffee while I wait for my phone to unlock.
But definitely so much better than apple!
You took that out of context, the system can recognize a face in 0.4 seconds.
All an Android phone developer has to do is match FaceID and make it a wide angle version so it works when your phone is flat on a desk and tons of people will call it the greatest thing ever. Can’t wait to see the reviews of this where people like lew from unboxtherapy or zack from jerryrigeverything have zero problem with it unlike FaceID which is an abomination to them.