CultCast #291 - How the iPhone was made magical š¦ - a podcast by Americas favorite Apple Podcast
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This week: itās easy to ignore how intuitive it is to use anĀ iPhone, but behind those vast array ofĀ simple swipes and taps was anĀ entire team of designers who painstakingly crafted the sophisticated interactions that give the iPhone its magic. Ā
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This week we'll tell you the stories behind inertial scrolling, swipe to unlock, and Bas Ording, the man who brought iOS to life using the physics of our natural world.
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On the show this week
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iPhone 8 will include fewer casing colors, no Touch ID
- Will Apple manage to successfully embed Touch ID into theĀ OLED display of the iPhone 8, or will it have to follow in the footsteps of Android device makers and opt for aĀ rear-mounted fingerprint sensor?
- None of the above, claims well-respected Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo. In a list of predictions heās made for the next iPhone, Kuo claims Apple will skip Touch ID altogether for its next-gen handset.
- āWe predict the OLED model [iPhone 8] wonāt support fingerprint recognition,ā Kuo writes. The reasons? The full-screen design doesnāt work with existing capacitive fingerprint recognition, and under-the-display fingerprint recognition tech still isnāt ready.
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iPhone 8 might drop Touch ID for 3-D face scanner
- The iPhone 8 might ditch Touch ID for 3-D facial scanning that could prove faster, easier and more secure than the fingerprint reader currently used for logins and payments.
- Apple is currentlyĀ testing the 3-D face-scanning technologyĀ in iPhone prototypes that utilize a new 3-D sensor, according toĀ Bloomberg. The new security system could be augmented by eye-scanning technology with the intent of replacing Touch ID, the report adds, citing anonymous āpeople familiar with the product.ā
- One major production problem Apple faces with the OLED screen iPhone 8 is getting an under-screen fingerprint sensor to work. The technology just isnāt viable yet, according to various rumors, including a recent note from reliable Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo of KGI Securities.
- The reported 3-D facial scanning tech in the iPhone 8 would analyze more data points than the current fingerprint sensor that powers Touch ID, according to Bloomberg, which offered more details on the tech being tested by Apple:
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- The sensorās speed and accuracy are focal points of the feature. It can scan a userās face and unlock the iPhone within a few hundred milliseconds, the person said. It is designed to work even if the device is laying flat on a table, rather than just close up to the face. The feature is still being tested and may not appear with the new device. However, the intent is for it to replace the Touch ID fingerprint scanner, according to the person. An Apple spokesman declined to comment.
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Apple praises āunbelievableā response to ARKit
- In a new interview, Apple vice-president of product marketing Greg āJozā Joswiak says the response to its augmented reality ARKit toolset from the developer community has been āunbelievable.ā
- While he wouldnāt share details about a rumored standalone AR headset Apple hasĀ hundreds of engineers working on, Joswiak stressed how the widespread usage of Apple mobile devices has the opportunity to make augmented reality into a mainstream technology overnight
- Example of cool ARKit
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- Zeph McLearan put an Apple I in his office
- Mixed reality Minecraft
- The AR measuring tape
- AR Kit reality portal
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The inside story of the iPhoneās āSlide to Unlockā gesture
- Who is Bas Ording?
- One of the key design decisions that Appleās Human Interface Team made early on while developing the iPhone was to go all in on big, simple gestures. They wanted to make a single, simple swipe accomplish as much as possible.
- Itās a bit ironic. After investing so much in multitouch technology, which relies on multiple touch inputs, one of Appleās key edicts was to make as many gestures as possible work with a single finger.
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- āWe worked super-hard on multitouch, but then we tried to make everything just work with one finger,ā he said laughing.
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Other stuff we talked about
- Steve Jobs on why product people should run IT companies
- Leanderās Jony Ive book
- Leanderās To Pixar and Beyond book review
- How this money man helped Steve Jobs turn Pixar into a powerhouseĀ
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Under Review!
- Leander - Lofree Keyboard
- Erfon - Polar Pro Vivid and Shutter Phantom 4 filter collection
- Lewis - 10.5ā iPad Pro
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