Samsung may compete more directly with Apple's Face ID via 'Galaxy S10'
In a bid to stay competitive with the Face ID system on Apple's iPhone X, Samsung is reportedly adding 3D sensing cameras to next year's "Galaxy S10."
The Galaxy S9.
An Israeli firm, Mantis Vision, is working on some of the necessary technology, the Korea Herald said, citing other local reports. Mantis is allegedly collaborating with Namuga, which supplies modules for Intel's realSense cameras, in turn used by Windows laptop makers.
Samsung beat Apple to offering facial recognition on smartphones, but because its existing technology is 2D, it can potentially be defeated by still photos or even videos. Face ID is much harder to fool, generally requiring a family member -- such as a twin -- or an elaborate mask.
The Galaxy S9 depends on a rear-mounted fingerprint sensor as its main form of biometric security. That may be understandable given the difficulty Apple suppliers experienced in making the TrueDepth camera for the iPhone X, leading to its November launch. Until last year, no iPhone had ever launched later than October.
Apple is thought to be replacing Touch ID with Face ID on every major iPhone and iPad. The next upgrade is liable to happen to new iPad Pros, shipping no later than June.
The Galaxy S9.
An Israeli firm, Mantis Vision, is working on some of the necessary technology, the Korea Herald said, citing other local reports. Mantis is allegedly collaborating with Namuga, which supplies modules for Intel's realSense cameras, in turn used by Windows laptop makers.
Samsung beat Apple to offering facial recognition on smartphones, but because its existing technology is 2D, it can potentially be defeated by still photos or even videos. Face ID is much harder to fool, generally requiring a family member -- such as a twin -- or an elaborate mask.
The Galaxy S9 depends on a rear-mounted fingerprint sensor as its main form of biometric security. That may be understandable given the difficulty Apple suppliers experienced in making the TrueDepth camera for the iPhone X, leading to its November launch. Until last year, no iPhone had ever launched later than October.
Apple is thought to be replacing Touch ID with Face ID on every major iPhone and iPad. The next upgrade is liable to happen to new iPad Pros, shipping no later than June.
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So Samsung will probably have something close to FaceID in place by the time the next Galaxy model comes out? From reading tech news and listening to podcasts, I thought it was Apple who was always a generation behind...
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1. Word leaks out that Apple is planning a feature.
2. Samsung and others hastily imitate it with an extremely crappy version, knowing Apple will take a while to get it right.
3. Samsung and/or others get to claim first to market with the feature, even though it’s crap.
4. Apple brings feature to market, gets accused of copying the copiers.
5. Two to five years later, copiers release revision that is 80 percent as good as Apple’s first version.
6. Repeat.
It is true that occasionally others come up with something and Apple later produces a much more refined version of the idea (see Microsoft and tablet computing), but that’s the exception. The above is the rule.