"[T]he facial scanner in the iPhone X is based on the technology that Microsoft first used, disastrously, in its Xbox Kinect sensor. This probably explains why [Apple's Face ID] works so poorly: If Microsoft could never perfect this in a relatively huge device, how could Apple's component makers ever fit the technology into 'a space a few centimeters across and millimeters deep'?"
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X-Cuses: iPhone X Facial Recognition Will Not Meet Expectations in Thurrott - The Home For Tech Enthusiasts: News, Reviews & Analysis (25 October 2017)
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