Rumor: Apple is working on 3D perception for iPhone 8
Apple may be putting a technology that should perceive things in 3D in the upcoming iPhone. It is unknown how the manufacturer intends to use the technology, but it may be an application for augmented reality, something director Tim Cook previously said he sees a lot in.
Apple uses a part of the company Lumentum for this, writes Fast Company. That company has a Kinect-like technology for scanning in 3D, according to the website. This could come in handy for augmented reality, for example, to place elements in the interface in the right place over the camera image. The depth measurement for the portrait mode that can already be found in the iPhone 7 Plus could also benefit from that technology. In addition, the iPhone 8 could enable gesture control above the screen, as Nokia did with a prototype of the ‘Lumia 1030’ in 2014.
It is the first time that information has surfaced about such a technique for the next iPhone. It would be the most luxurious version of the next generation Apple smartphone. The manufacturer would work on two regular models that would follow the current iPhone 7 and 7 Plus, but there would also be a new, more expensive model with a curved OLED screen. According to Fast Company, it would be a display of 5.8 “. That is the same diagonal as the screen of the possible Galaxy S8. Samsung would use a longer screen, with an aspect ratio of 18.5: 9. It is unknown whether Apple who also wants to use a display with a presumed resolution of 2960×1440 pixels.
The iPhone 8 would also get touch-sensitive instead of physical buttons on the side, Fast Company reports. In addition, the price would be more than a thousand dollars, a price that in the Benelux with VAT quickly exceeds 1150 euros.
There have been rumors for some time about the arrival of three different models of iPhones in 2017. They should all be on the market in the fall. Last year, Apple also released three smartphones, but the first of these, the iPhone SE, hit the market in the spring.
‘3D gestures’ by Lumentum