Mastering ARKit: Apple’s Augmented Reality App Development Platform

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16. Face Tracking

Jayven Nhan¹  

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Waterloo, ON, Canada

 

The TrueDepth front-facing camera is the most potent in augmented reality. The camera has an infrared emitter capable of projecting over 30,000 invisible dots to create your face’s face mesh and infrared image representation. Apple’s state-of-the-art TrueDepth camera system is capable of mapping the geometry of your face accurately. You’ll delve into how you can make the most out of the TrueDepth front-facing camera with ARKit.

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To run and experience the full features in this chapter, you’ll need an iOS device with TrueDepth camera ...