There's an interesting article from the folks at Wired who have been attempting to fool Face ID without any success so far.
https://www.wired.com/story/tried-to-beat-face-id-and-failed...
https://www.wired.com/story/tried-to-beat-face-id-and-failed...
FaceID is a huge leap and affects how people use their phones. The phone can behave differently if you are looking at it. For example: showing sensitive info only if you're looking at it, and not playing notification sounds as loud (or at all) if you see the notification as it comes in.