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Apple’s next-gen Face ID tech
Apple is working on a next-gen Face ID camera using a new indirect time of flight (iTOF) system that may be able to identify a user at a far greater distance from the camera, according to a report by
Patently Apple. The present Face ID system used in Apple devices requires a user to hold the device fairly close to their face, for it to recognise and unlock the device. The new system, as revealed in a patent application, uses pulse modulation, which will be able to improve depth accuracy at short, mid and long-range distances even in challenging ambient light conditions, the report noted. The next-gen Face ID camera could be useful on iMacs, MacBooks and other Apple devices, as well as for augmented and virtual reality applications, it added. In another
Adds 70+ new hand-crafted landmarks and more. Updated on 16 February 2021
Flight Simulator s third World Update - which points its wand of finessing at the UK and Ireland - is finally here after a bit of a delay, and you ll be precisely the opposite of shocked to learn it looks absolutely breathtaking in its launch trailer.
World Update 3 - which follows equally stunning makeovers for the United States and Japan - introduces improved aerial and elevation data for the UK and Ireland, over 70 new points of interest, five new hand-crafted airports - Barra, Land s End, Liverpool, Manchester-Barton, and Out Skerries - plus five brand-new photogrammetry cities.
World Update 3 launched today, refreshing the UK and Ireland with photogrammetric versions of five cities (including London) and over 70 handcrafted landmarks.
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Asobo Studios have released World Update 3 for Microsoft Flight Simulator, another major revision of the game’s recreation of the planet Earth, this time focussing on adding further detail and landmarks to the UK & Ireland. Microsoft Flight Simulator is out now for PC via Steam, the Microsoft Store and Xbox Game Pass.
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A little later than Asobo had planned, World Update 3 makes for a dramatic step forward in detail for a handful of cities across the UK, using flyover footage to recrete Birmingham, Bristol, Cambridge, London and Oxford. There’s also five new hand-crafted airport at Barra, Liverpool, Land’s End, Manchester-Barton and Out Skerries, smaller improvements to 85 area airports, and improved digital elevation information across the whole of the UK.