14 DAY TRIAL // Apple is betting big on AR and the tech that’s bundled into its new-generation iPhones, and one developer is ready to showcase some surprising capabilities of this mix.
Japanese app maker Kazuya Noshiro developed what appears to be an application which creates a see-through effect for people’s faces, all using only the iPhone X camera.
In a short video that he posted on Twitter, Noshiro demonstrates how a simple face mask and his application can allow the iPhone X to see through people’s heads and display the objects that are behind.
The app was created on game development platform Unity and is based on a very simple approach. First, the iPhone X takes a picture of the room using the front-facing cameras and then scans the user’s face, with the device then processing the images to apply the background over his face as he moves around the room.
No release date just yet
At first glance, everything works impressively well and the see-through effect is seamlessly applied to his face, though it remains to be seen how this would work depending on lighting conditions and different backgrounds.
The app is not available for download just yet and the developer hasn’t said when he plans to release it, though it shouldn’t take too long for this to happen since a working build already appears to be up and running.
While at this point it’s not yet clear if the app would be exclusive to iPhone X, there’s a chance it also works on iPhone 8 and iPhone 7, as both feature AR capabilities that could allow them to run it.
It remains to be seen when the app goes live and whether it’ll be successful or not, as it’ll be hard for anyone to find a true purpose for it, other than proving the AR capabilities of the new-generation iPhones.
iPhoneXで顔だけ光学迷彩っぽくなるやつできた pic.twitter.com/aPXJcHi8Y4 — のしぷ (@noshipu) December 27, 2017