Posts discussing phone technology
Have you ever wondered how the technology that unlocks your phone with your face works? This is a fascinating question and, interestingly, Samsung and Apple provide very different technologies for this feature on their devices. This post will examine the differences between the two technologies and will also show you how either of the two […]
Michael F. Cohen, the Director of Facebook’s Computational Photography Research team, has received the 2019 Coons Award for Outstanding Creative Contributions to Computer Graphics. Here is one of his contributions to photography.
A few days ago Nokia unveiled its new smartphone: the Nokia 9 PureView. It looks kind of weird (or maybe funky?) with its 5 cameras at its rear (see image above). But what’s interesting is how Nokia uses these 5 cameras to give you better quality photos with a technique called High Dynamic Range (HDR) imaging. […]
In September 2017 Apple announced iPhone X with a very neat feature called Face ID. This feature is used to recognise your face to allow you to unlock your phone. Samsung, however, has had facial recognition since the release of Android Ice Cream Sandwich way back in 2011. What is the difference between the two […]