Apple received a patent for a technology that allows you to take group selfies, but do not gather in front of the camera of one smartphone – all participants in the picture can be photographed separately, and the gadget will independently combine their portraits into one common one. It is assumed that such “selfies at a distance” will become relevant in a pandemic and social distancing.
Apple has received a patent for technology that allows you to create “synthetic group selfies,” the Protocol portal reports. Its meaning is that people who live far from each other will be able to get a common photo, as if they really met live.
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According to Protocol, the current epidemiological situation in the world is an ideal time to launch such technology.
Some users may be afraid to come into close contact with their friends for fear of becoming infected with the coronavirus, but at the same time they should not be deprived of the opportunity to take collective selfies and publish them on their social networks.
As follows from the patent, the new technology will work on the principle of FaceTime, when one person can invite several of his friends to become a member of the selfie. Each user is required to take a selfie, and then the smartphone will independently arrange all the pictures in such a way as if their heroes are in one place.
Say hi to the "synthetic group selfie". https://t.co/FwdAbGAdqV— HardwareZone (@hardwarezone) June 8, 2020
It is reported that a common selfie can be "collected" from both photos and video clips, as well as live streams. At the same time, users will be able to make changes to the final result if they do not like it.
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It is not yet known on which Apple devices such a function will be available, but, most likely, the innovation will affect the iPhone and iPad. The likelihood remains that this patent will remain on the shelf, never having received a real embodiment.
Although this technology seems specifically designed for a new reality and measures of social distance, when Apple first filed patent documents, nobody knew about COVID-19 in the world – it happened back in 2018.
It also remains likely that this patent will remain on the shelf without ever having a real embodiment. However, given the emerging demand for such “quarantine” selfies, it is possible that Apple will try to set this technology a priority.
The coronavirus pandemic has led to the emergence of new technologies, as well as the modernization of existing projects that help people survive quarantine measures without putting their health at risk of infection.
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So, robots that came to work instead of ordinary employees found a new wave of popularity. So, in South Korea, in order to ensure social distance, a barista robot appeared in one of the coffee shops, which can serve customers – how to brew coffee and deliver it to visitors.
According to the director of research of the company Vision Semicon, which created the android. Lee Dongbe, in the current situation, robots allow people to more effectively maintain social distance.
“Our system does not require human intervention on the entire robot path – from order to delivery. The tables in the coffee shop are arranged quite wide to allow the robot to move freely, which is in line with current standards for maximum distance, ”said Li Dongbe.
At the same time, according to the American agency Research and Markets, in 2019 the volume of the global market for service robots has already exceeded $ 17 billion. In Japan, the USA and Singapore, robots have been working in the hotel and restaurant business for several years: they work at the reception or on guard, bring guests luggage and dinner, clean the rooms and help in the kitchen. Obviously, the current pandemic will further increase the demand for electronic assistants, integrating them into the global service industry.
Chief editor of the blog – Erika J. Wells .
