The most renowned analyst in the Apple universe, Ming-Chi Kuo, known for his reliable predictions, is quite active at the moment regarding next year's iPhones. Herecently statedthat all three models next year would be equipped with 5G.
Today he delivers a new report on the 2020 generation of the iPhone, and mentions an improvement in augmented reality, thanks to the addition of a new3D sensor on the backat least two models in 2020.
This new rear sensor would be a laser telemetry system, which would use a "time of travel" approach, with the projection of a laser ricocheting off nearby objects in order to calculate and create a 3D image of the environment of the vehicle. the user.
This would greatly improve the accuracy of augmented reality with the iPhone's rear camera. As a reminder, since iOS 11 with the ARKit framework, developers can offer apps and games with augmented reality.
This is not the first time that Ming-Chi Kuo has announced the arrival of rear 3D sensors for the iPhone in 2020, but he said at the end of last year that the iPad could benefit from them first, perhaps in the next iPad Pros.
Such technology is already present on the front of the latest iPhones, but it has a short range and is used for Face ID. On the rear side, it could improve different uses. For augmented reality of course, being able to benefit from a 3D analysis of the environment behind would allow better renderings of virtual objects, but also better detection of parts and obstacles.
For photography too, such a sensor would have its use, in particular for the application of blur effects, the detection of faces, and overall for more realistic photography thanks to better consideration of the 3 dimensions of space .
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