Optic ID: Apple Explains Vision Pro’s Iris Authentication System

Following the launch of the Vision Pro, Apple has shared additional details about the headset’s Optic ID iris authentication option. Optic ID can recognize the uniqueness of your irises, the colored part of your eyes, allowing you to quickly unlock your Vision Pro, authorize Apple Pay purchases, sign in to many third-party apps, access sensitive […]

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Cicadas Are So Loud, Fiber Optic Cables Can ‘Hear’ Them

One of the world’s most peculiar test beds stretches above Princeton, New Jersey. It’s a fiber optic cable strung between three utility poles that then runs underground before feeding into an “interrogator.” This device fires a laser through the cable and analyzes the light that bounces back. It can pick up tiny perturbations in that […]

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Payer avec Optic ID ou localiser son Apple Vision Pro ? Vous l’avez rêvé, Apple va le proposer

La troisième bêta d’iOS 17 contient des références à l’Apple Vision Pro dans ses fichiers, et Steve Moser a trouvé quelques textes intéressants qui parlent du casque mais aussi de certaines de ses fonctions. Il livre ses découvertes sur Twitter. Il commence son fil par une petite vidéo d’ouverture pour Apple Fitness. Premièrement, on apprend […]

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Apple’s Vision Pro Headset Uses ‘Optic ID’ Iris Scanning Authentication

The Vision Pro headset that Apple announced today will have a unique biometric authentication method, employing iris scanning for the first time. Optic ID uses cameras in the headset to scan the eye, much like Face ID scans the face. It is, in fact, almost identical to ‌Face ID‌, but it uses the unique layout […]

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VisionPro : Optic ID, la nouvelle clef biométrique

Optic ID est le nouveau système biométrique apporté par le casque Vision Pro. Au lieu d’utiliser le visage, le système se base sur l’iris des yeux et peut distinguer des jumeaux. Pour le reste il fonctionne comme Touch ID et Face ID en déverrouillant l’accès au casque et aux données privées. Apple a également fait en sorte que […]

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How Fiber Optic Cables Could Warn You of an Earthquake

And last month in the journal Scientific Reports, a separate team of researchers described how they used undersea cables off the coasts of Chile, Greece, and France to detect earthquakes. They compared this data to seismometer data that monitored the same events, and they matched well. “We can, in real time while the earthquake is happening, analyze […]

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Scientists Spy on Mount Etna With Fiber Optic Cables

Towering 11,000 feet above a million humans, Mount Etna is one of the most thoroughly-monitored volcanoes on Earth. Hundreds of sensors dot its flanks, and for good reason: It’s Europe’s most active volcano, periodically spewing lava and huge plumes of debris that ground planes and generally make life miserable for those living in its shadow. […]

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