iOS 13 Forces You to Make Eye Contact While FaceTiming

Maintaining eye contact has never been easier with Apple’s hidden FaceTime feature.

The third iOS 13 developer beta reportedly includes a function that “corrects” users’ focus when video chatting.

During a normal video call, your line of sight naturally slumps, since you’re looking at the other participant (or your own face in the corner), rather than the front-facing camera.

But new “FaceTime Attention Correction” appears to use some sort of witchcraft to adjust your view for better (albeit fake) eye contact.

Spotted by app designer Mike Rundle on Twitter, the upcoming feature was corroborated by Dave Schukin, CEO of AI firm Observant.

“It simply uses ARKit to grab a depth map/position of your face, and adjusts the eyes accordingly,” he tweeted on Wednesday.

How iOS 13 FaceTime Attention Correction works: it simply uses ARKit to grab a depth map/position of your face, and adjusts the eyes accordingly.

Notice the warping of the line across both the eyes and nose. pic.twitter.com/U7PMa4oNGN

— Dave Schukin (@schukin) July 3, 2019

Using the arm from a pair of glasses, Schukin demonstrates how the software creates a slight warping around the eye area to achieve the effect.

It even works while wearing sunglasses.

Sunglasses also experience similar warping in the eye regions, which is exactly what you’d expect from a simple ARKit-based implementation. pic.twitter.com/rMmNoDCMSQ

— Dave Schukin (@schukin) July 3, 2019

Rundle, who predicted such a function back in 2017, called Attention Correction “some next-century s**t,” describing it as “like peeking into the matrix.”

According to other Twitter testers, the feature—which can be toggled on and off in FaceTime’s settings—is currently available only on iPhone XS, XS Max, and XR handsets running this version of the beta.

There is no word on which iDevices it will eventually be compatible with, whether it supports group calls, or if it works on multiple sets of eyes within one frame.

Apple did not immediately respond to Geek’s request for comment.

FaceTime Attention Correction should arrive in the public beta next week.

iOS 13 is expected to roll out to everyone this fall, with updates including Dark Mode, better screenshot-editing tools, a revamped Reminders app, and a unified Find My Friends/Find My iPhone service.

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