Speaking in the Steve Jobs Theatre at Apple Park yesterday Philip Schiller, senior vice president of worldwide marketing at Apple, described some of the technology behind the facial recognition system in the newly announced iPhone X including a dedicated neural engine built into the A11 chip.
As shown above, the facial recognition system is enabled by a new “TrueDepth” camera system made up of an infrared (IR) camera, flood illuminator, front camera and dot projector.
