Apparently (and inexplicably), iPads should now apparently be premier imaging devices, too, with Face ID login capabilities. Apple’s decided that the iPhone should be its premier tool for imaging, and that users should have either a fingerprint reader or Face ID camera to log them in. There’s really no obvious path through this maze. But Apple’s latest iPad even has a TrueDepth camera for Face ID, too. (There’s a subtle joke at the end of a Progressive Insurance commercial-which is all about avoiding turning into your parents-where someone snaps a photo with a tablet.) Features like studio-quality mics now are a plus, so that content creators can use iPads as photo tools? Okay. Today, Apple leaned into the very weird way in which people like taking photos with their iPads. Windows Hello depth cameras, by then, were simply taken for granted. When we wrote how Microsoft’s Surface cameras were suddenly special last year during the pandemic, we were commenting on how the color fidelity and resolution made them ideal for a pandemic. A dozen PCs already had Intel’s RealSense depth cameras built in, with more to come. That wouldn’t have happened if Apple had made the webcam a priority, guaranteed.Ī year earlier, the ecosystem of Windows laptops was already discovering how marvelous Windows Hello cameras could be. We know that the 2016 MacBook Pro included a 720p webcam, but Macworld’s review didn’t even mention it. While Apple has tried to make “shot on iPhone” a watchword, this is the first generation of Apple iMacs that have included a 1080p webcam. Apple’s relationship with webcams in general has been…complicated.
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