Apple exec Craig Federighi took to the stage today at the Steve Jobs Theater to demonstrate the facial recognition capabilities of the firm’s highly-anticipated $1,000 iPhone X.
But, embarrassingly, FaceID didn’t work on first attempt – instead prompting the Apple exec to use his passcode for access.
In another try on a backup phone, however, Federighi was able to successfully unlock the device with nothing more than a glance.
Apple exec Craig Federighi took to the stage today at the Steve Jobs Theater to demonstrate the facial recognition capabilities of the firm’s highly-anticipated $1,000 iPhone X. But, embarrassingly, FaceID didn’t work on first attempt
‘Let’s try that again,’ said Federighi, Apple’s senior vice president of Software Engineering, after the brief on-stage glitch.
To unlock the new phone, users can use facial recognition, which Apple calls Face ID.
‘Nothing has ever been so simple,’ explained Phil Schiller, senior vice president of worldwide marketing at Apple.
‘This is the future of how we’ll unlock our phones.’
A new TrueDepth camera system includes an infrared camera, and other new technology.
The Face ID will learn your face, so every time you glance at the iPhone, it detects your face – even in the dark.
It works by projecting infrared dots out onto your face, which feeds information back into an AI computer, to create a model of the face and check it against the owner.
‘This happens in real time, and invisibly,’ Schiller said.
The built in chip that controls Face ID is built with a neural engine, allowing it to execute 600 billion operations per second.
The new iPhone X (center), pictured among the iPhone 8 (right) and iPhone 8 Plus (left)
THE $1,000 IPHONE X
– $999 (£999 in the UK) price for 64GB version, and $1,149 (£1,149 in the UK) for the 256GB version
– Pronounced the ‘iPhone 10’
– Comes with 64GB and 256GB models
Pre-orders open October 27, ships November 3
– No home button – swipe up from the bottom to unlock or to go home from an app or to multitask
– ‘Face ID’ that allows users to unlock the phone by looking at it
– Qi and AirPower wireless charging that lets you charge multiple devices at once
Following months of anticipation, Apple has finally unveiled the rumored iPhone X. As rumored, the $999 (£999) ‘anniversary’ device doesn’t have a home button and features a ‘notch’ at the top
– ‘Screen tap’ unlock
– Edge to edge display with glass on both sides of the device
– Super retina display using OLED technology – highest ever pixel density in an iPhone
– Dual 12 megapixel cameras and dual-optical image stabilisation
– Tuned for augmented reality capabilities
– Portrait lighting that uses machine learning to touch up photos
– A11 bionic chips with six cores, can be 70 per cent faster than the previous A10 chip
While you might think that Face ID could be tricked by a photo, Schiller reassured that this wasn’t the case.
He said: ‘We worked to make sure it can’t be fooled by photographs, and worked with Hollywood teams to make sure masks don’t even work.’
Face ID will also work with Apple Pay, as well as third party apps.