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Re:Microsoft Has Stopped Manufacturing The Kinect by nightski on Wednesday October 25, 2017 @02:30PM (#15552776)
Not really even close. While two cameras is nice, is definitely not the same as the structured light approach in the Kinect.
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Re:Microsoft Has Stopped Manufacturing The Kinect by ansgri on Wednesday October 25, 2017 @02:36PM (#15552841)
FYI, front camera in X uses structural light, while Kinect 2 uses a more modern time-of-flight (ToF) technology, which delivers better depth resolution.

From https://www.apple.com/iphone-x/:

"Face ID is enabled by the TrueDepth camera and is simple to set up. It projects and analyzes more than 30,000 invisible dots to create a precise depth map of your face."

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Re:Microsoft Has Stopped Manufacturing The Kinect by kurthr on Wednesday October 25, 2017 @04:33PM (#15553952)
Note that the depth resolution they are desscribing is 160x160=30,000, which is really standard structured light. Put a 1Mpix camera behind it and you can interpolate ~6 pixels in between to estimate depth/slope.
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Re:Microsoft Has Stopped Manufacturing The Kinect by detaro on Wednesday October 25, 2017 @02:36PM (#15552827)
The iPhone X uses a real depth-sensing system, based on structured light tech from the Kinect, for FaceID.
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