vivo announces 3D face sensing, 10 times more accurate than Apple's

27 June 2018
vivo announced new Time of Light 3D sensing technology that could take on Apple's Face ID.

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  • 30 Jun 2018

H-1, 29 Jun 2018No need to go salty about it. New tech is always good in th... moreYou're right, I did go a lil overboard. Time will tell who will win & who's going to have to improve.

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    • H-1
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    • 29 Jun 2018

    AnonD-732843, 29 Jun 2018I bet you're a iPhone user which shows how deeply succumbed... moreNo need to go salty about it. New tech is always good in theory. We'll just have to wait and see.

    If it turns out better than apple's, everyone wins: apple will have to improve their technology, and other companies will try to do even better.
    Competition makes progress :)

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      • 29 Jun 2018

      Kangal, 29 Jun 2018As someone who works in a laboratory using TOF, yes, you ar... moreI bet you're a iPhone user which shows how deeply succumbed you are to that caged ecosystem essentially viciously protecting FaceID over the superior TOF tech.

      How sad to tell you this Apple fanboy, but Vivo's taking over so deal with it.

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        • uCX
        • 29 Jun 2018

        H-1, 27 Jun 2018That's like the laser ruler but more complex! Vivo just mad... moreAs someone who works in a laboratory using TOF, yes, you are right in that its essentially firing a laser and detecting it afterwards in a field to generate an image. Or in proper terms "depth".

        However, Vivo is (probably) wrong about the headline. It will be not be 10 times better, in fact, its worse than FaceID v1.0. Why? Because of miniaturisation you lose a significant degree of "straightness" and resolution. That means the image is not as accurate in practice compared to theory, and you have a drastic drop in detail.

          Another BS again this this face recognitions. Soon companies will have all info they need about us to track and shovel their **** to us 24/7

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            • Luxor
            • IVA
            • 28 Jun 2018

            The war of sensors point begins. Vivo got 300,000 sensor point to scan things. Cool. Maybe one day our phone can be as good as 3D printer.

              gohelvishalp, 28 Jun 2018They will develop a phone that shown in captain america : c... moreXD wouldn't be surprised. Vivo Nex: Iron Man Edition

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                • Q5i
                • 28 Jun 2018

                the rise of the under dog phones

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                  • Anonymous
                  • nDi
                  • 28 Jun 2018

                  Rule number 1: never trust what a Chinese says.

                    Walter C. Dornez, 28 Jun 2018Man, Vivo is killing it this year! I'm impressed and curiou... moreThey will develop a phone that shown in captain america : civil war.. Iron man holding vivo branded holographic phone

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                      • 28 Jun 2018

                      Anonymous, 28 Jun 2018I'm surprised though why Vivo's sisters companies Huawei an... moreHuawei is not a sister company of Vivo lol. Oneplus and oppo are

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                        • 28 Jun 2018

                        sr777, 28 Jun 2018Apple: It will take another 2.5 years for our competition t... moreWell, competition is always Good!

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                          • 28 Jun 2018

                          Apple dont forget to copy and the send Vivo to courts for stealing your technology.

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                            • 28 Jun 2018

                            Anonymous, 28 Jun 2018Go VIVO! At least they are trying to be innovative and diff... moreI'm surprised though why Vivo's sisters companies Huawei and Oppo seemed to slow down on innovation...

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                              • npr
                              • 28 Jun 2018

                              Vivo is next Apple.
                              Apple will be next Blackberry.

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                                • IV8
                                • 28 Jun 2018

                                AnonD-558092, 27 Jun 2018Innovation: size shrink and more powerful implementation. I... moreThis is innovation because Vivo uses a totally different method than current ones (infra red dot projection).. Vivo uses Time Of Flight technology equivalent to sonar but uses light wave instead of sound wave.. This innovation led to a simpler hardware and miniaturization

                                  Vivo: " We're making this face unlock even more seamless than Apple's, and we will prove it that's its way better than the most competitors out there!"

                                  Apple: " Hold my notch.... Let's sue them!"
                                  XD

                                    Whackcar, 27 Jun 2018VIVO has been leading in the innovation department as of la... moreGo back to factory work, Vivo employee. Break time's over.

                                      AnonD-628531, 27 Jun 2018They're not ripping off Chinese brands just yet, but it's o... moreYeah ina couple of years chinese will take over I hope they do it will put serious pressure on top brands

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                                        • sr777
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                                        • 28 Jun 2018

                                        Apple: It will take another 2.5 years for our competition to come with a similar solution to iPhone X face id.

                                        VIVO: True, but better solutions in less than a year.