Samsung working with Israeli firm on 3D camera solutions for the Galaxy S10
Samsung may adopt 3D sensing camera technologies for the Galaxy S10 next year.
The Samsung Galaxy S9 and S9 Plus use a low-security 2D face recognition system.
Samsung is said to be adopting 3D sensing camera technologies for the Galaxy S10 phones next year.
Korean publication The Bell claims that Israeli startup Mantis Vision is working with camera module firm Namuga to integrate 3D sensing software in a camera module. Samsung is expected to bring the 3D sensing software to the Galaxy S10 next year when it celebrates the 10th anniversary of the Galaxy S series.
Mantis Vision's 3D mapping technology was previously used in Google's AR platform for smartphones (Project Tango). It also attracted US$10 million investment from Samsung and Flextronics in 2014. Namuga supplies camera modules for Samsung's mid-range and entry-level smartphones, and provides 3D sensing camera modules for Intel's RealSense AR cameras.
The debut of Face ID on the iPhone X reportedly caused a spike in the interest of 3D sensing technology from Android phone makers according to KGI Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo.
Kuo also singled out Mantis Vision as one of the three solutions which Android phone makers are looking at. However, Kuo believes it will take up to two and a half years for Apple's competitors to replicate the functionality and user experience offered by Face ID.
Source: The Investor
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