Apple-backed Israel Machine Vision Conference to feature talk on iPhone X's TrueDepth camera

Apple is helping to sponsor March's Israel Machine Vision Conference in Tel Aviv, where the company will also have an expert on hand to talk about the TrueDepth camera on the iPhone X.

The head of the company's depth-sensing R&D team, Eitan Hirsh, will be delivering a presentation called "Depth Sensing @ Apple: TrueDepth Camera" on the afternoon of March 6. Hirsh is said to have joined Apple in 2013, with over 15 years of experience at places like modu, PrimeSense, and the Israel Defense Forces.

PrimeSense, significantly, was a 3D-sensing firm based in Tel Aviv, which Apple bought in November 2013 for well over $300 million.

Hirsh will "give an overview on Apple's iPhone X TrueDepth camera system, its design and capabilities," according to the presentation's description. The engineer will also "describe algorithmic layers which are used in some of the features it [TrueDepth] enables, and describe how it can be used by developers."

It's unlikely that any major details will be revealed during the talk. Apple typically keeps engineers on a tight leash, and the company has already covered many technical details elsewhere.

It's thought that Apple is on the verge of releasing two new iPads with TrueDepth cameras, which should bring Face ID and animoji to devices beyond the iPhone X for the first time.

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dick applebaum 12525 comments · 17 Years

About 6 years ago

AppleInsider said:

It's thought that Apple is on the verge of releasing two new iPads with TrueDepth cameras, which should bring Face ID and animoji to devices beyond the iPhone X for the first time.

It will be interesting to see if the new iPads will have the TrueDepth tech on the rear cameras -- with a larger point cloud covering a larger area than FaceID. This could be used to capture 3D data of entire rooms or building floors.

tmay 6455 comments · 11 Years

dick applebaum said:

AppleInsider said:

It's thought that Apple is on the verge of releasing two new iPads with TrueDepth cameras, which should bring Face ID and animoji to devices beyond the iPhone X for the first time.

It will be interesting to see if the new iPads will have the TrueDepth tech on the rear cameras -- with a larger point cloud covering a larger area than FaceID. This could be used to capture 3D data of entire rooms or building floors.

I'm interested in replicating small items on a 3D printer, but with a great deal of precision.

The best case is that some company comes out with a reasonably priced point cloud to surface modeler for iOS that can recognize mathematically defined surfaces, but without the point cloud "noise". This would, of course, apply to architecture as well.