Go Toward the Light!
When Apple announced the upcoming iPhone X, one of the key features that the company stressed was that its onboard 3D facial recognition would work in low light. Sounds pretty great, right?
Not so fast.
In the Bizarro World of 3D imaging, getting depth information in conditions with low light is actually pretty easy to do. It’s when infrared oversaturation occurs that problems with depth detail and accuracy (or even being able to work at all) arise. This is a pretty serious issue, because most of us use our phones outside in direct sunlight or at our desks in front of plate-glass windows. In short, the real world is a pretty bright place, and technologies that don’t properly gather 3D depth information in high light will be slower, less accurate, and more susceptible to spoofing.
That’s why SensibleVision is proud to deliver 3D mobile authentication in any lighting condition, from the bottom of a well to the high-noon sun. Our patented technology, developed over more than a decade, avoids the pitfalls that most other solutions on the market succumb to. This is a significant advantage. After all, what good is a tool that works great in the lab but can’t meet the demands that actual users place on it? It reminds me of Widows 8: lots of great innovation, but it just didn’t work as well as Windows 7 for most of us. The change just slowed us down and confused us. And don’t get me started on Vista…
As my co-founder Cyrus said recently, “We find it interesting that despite all the excitement around the recently-announced 3D facial scanning solution, the leading providers have been silent as regards delivering successful results in bright light. What are the success rates of these solutions in bright light? Can they reject a photo in bright light? I personally believe the 3DVerify solution is currently the best on the market for 3D facial recognition precisely because it works everywhere.”