Vinson·Li
Index

On apple

  1. Vision Pro scans your face to make you

    Apple's headset builds a 3D 'Persona' of your face so you can appear on video calls while wearing it. Ten years after my thesis, 3D face capture ships inside a headset.

    2 min
  2. Face ID: the 3D face is finally consumer hardware

    The iPhone X projects 30,000 infrared dots onto your face to unlock the phone. Four years ago I was faking this in software from a single selfie.

    2 min
  3. The screen finally feels how hard you press

    3D Touch on the iPhone 6s, one year after I guessed pressure-sensitive phones were a couple of years away. How it measures force, and what it's for.

    2 min