This thread has been created for everyone to talk about View20's camera.
Photos, reviews, news links and any questions can be posted here.
Here're some specs it has:
dual rear cameras:
48MP, AI Ultra Clarity, f/1.8 aperture, the 1/2-inch Sony IMX586 sensor, TOF 3D camera, AIS Super Night Shot
front camera:
25MP, AI feature, f/2.0
Now, not much info shows the actual performance of View20's camera.
Am I the only one who wanna see the reviews of such a powerful camera?
You're not the only one. From what I've heard it's the first 48MP camera and also the V20 has the in display Hole Camera. Would like to see how that affects photo quality. And, you know, when you're using the phone generally like watching YouTube how does that work. I guess with the Front camera the light will be an issue. While reading the specs, I read about this super night mode? How does that work? And can it match up to the current best Night Sight Pixel 3? And what is a 3D camera?
I just ordered one,so I'll post up once I take some pics ... Currently rocking the Magic 2
Here're some interesting posters I found on Honor FB.
These may tell the ability of 48mp camera. Zoom in XX times but still can see the detail clear.
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I didn't find any video that shows the camera performance. I'll wait and see.
I'm really excited as this is the first Honor phone to use a Sony's flagship sensor.
PalakMi said:
I didn't find any video that shows the camera performance. I'll wait and see.
I'm really excited as this is the first Honor phone to use a Sony's flagship sensor.
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Has the phone a 4K 60FPS camera or 4K 30FPS? I'm taking because I always read 4K 30FPS but in YouTube are some samples which show 4K 60FPS. Maybe I want to buy this phone?
Regards
Jeremy
Just an FYI, when the phone is on 48MP mode, you cannot use the zoom function, zoom is only available at lower resolutions.
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Has the phone a 4K 60FPS camera or 4K 30FPS? I'm taking because I always read 4K 30FPS but in YouTube are some samples which show 4K 60FPS. Maybe I want to buy this phone?
Regards
Jeremy
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All the sites say [email protected] FPS. I guess we'll have to wait and see, I'll ask a friend who's getting it soon after its global launch and reply back
Funny to see that the sensor size is smaller than the P20 and Mate 20's Pros sensors. Even if you have more megapixels the sensor size does matter a lot for photography.
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Funny to see that the sensor size is smaller than the P20 and Mate 20's Pros sensors. Even if you have more megapixels the sensor size does matter a lot for photography.
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Of course, you can't compare sony or a whatever camera sensor Honor uses for their devices with Leica's custom fine tuned sensors.
Just see this post on XDA homepage.
I'm surprised to see that it can take photos of the milky way.
https://www.xda-developers.com/sample-photos-show-off-the-honor-view20s-48mp-camera/
i received my V20 today and the camera is very good so far .... much better than the Magic 2 (just lacks the wide angle) im impressed
MixEvo said:
i received my V20 today and the camera is very good so far .... much better than the Magic 2 (just lacks the wide angle) im impressed
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Can you share some samples (preferably low light)
PalakMi said:
Can you share some samples (preferably low light)
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Yeah I'll take some pictures today and post a few up ?
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Yeah I'll take some pictures today and post a few up ?
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Thank you, I'm so excited to see the results of the sony sensor
PalakMi said:
Of course, you can't compare sony or a whatever camera sensor Honor uses for their devices with Leica's custom fine tuned sensors.
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If Honor really did have a better camera than the 3-month old Mate 20 Pro ppl are gonna be so pissed off...... It's like a Toyota getting more premium parts and better technology than a Lexus that was announced at the same time :laugh:
Can Megapixels be meaningful again? All-View Display,In-Screen Camera, The Future?
#WorldsFirstTechnology #SeeTheUnseen #HONORView20
Hi friends, here is my thoughts on the 48MP Sony Sensor, 3D TOF (time-of-flight) & All-View Display with In-Screen Camera, Here is my detailed view on the technologies that Honor implemented on Honor View20!
MAIN CAMERA Dual
48MP Sony IMX586, f/1.8 lens, 78 degree angle
3D TOF (time-of-flight) sensor, Stereo Camera
Dual Tone LED Flash - AI VISION
SELFIE CAMERA
Single 25 MP, f/2.0, 27mm
RESOULTION
[4:3]48MP AI Ultra Clarity 8000*6000
[4:3]48MP 8000*6000
[4:3]12MP 4000*3000
[1:1]9MP 2992*2992
[19.2:9]7MP 4000*1872
Can Megapixels be meaningful again with Honor View20?
#1 48MP Sony IMX586, f/1.8 lens - World’s first 0.8 µm ultra-compact pixel size enables industry’s highest pixel count at 48 effective megapixels!
* Improve light collection efficiency and photoelectric conversion efficiency over conventional products, with both high sensitivity and high saturation signal level.
* This smaller pixel size allows the new product to deliver 48 effective megapixels on a compact unit with 8.0 mm diagonal, which can be fitted on many smartphones.
* The increased pixel count enables high-definition imaging even on smartphones which use digital zoom.
#2 The Quad Bayer array enables both high sensitivity and high resolution
Using Pixel-binning,
* In low light situations, such as shooting at night, the signal from the four adjacent pixels are added, raising the light sensitivity to a level equivalent to that of 1.6 µm pixels (12 effective megapixels), to capture bright, low-noise photos and videos.
* When shooting bright scenes such as daytime outdoors, the built-in, original signal processing function performs array conversion, making it possible to obtain high-definition 48 effective megapixel images in real time.
#3 Four times greater dynamic range than previous products and real time output!
* Sony exposure control & signal processing functionality are built into the image sensor, enabling real-time output and a superior dynamic range that is four times greater than conventional products.
* Even scenes with both bright and dark areas can be captured with minimal highlight blowout or loss of detail in shadows while viewing the image on the smartphone display.
So overall the enormous, staggering 48-Megapixel Sony IMX586 CMOS sensor provides a large sensing surface, and should, in theory, gather more light, which increases the chance for better photography and also don't forget that it can also capture full-resolution photos at 30FPS, and capture 4K/90FPS video, along with 720p/480FPS slow-mo video, without cropping. With these sensor’s capabilities, we can guess that the phone can actually push it to its limits.
#4 A Time-of-flight (TOF) sensor, The Future?
Time-of-flight cameras have a huge advantage over other technologies, as it is able to measure the distances within a complete scene in a single shot. The sensor could be used to scan buildings and help those visualize large-scale projects in real-time through the use of AR, Impressive stuff!
* Time of Flight (ToF) is a highly accurate distance mapping and 3D imaging technology. Time-of-Flight 3D depth sensors emit a very short infrared light pulse and each pixel of the camera sensor measures the return time.
* Its job is to calculate the distance between the sensor and the environment to create a depth map, which can be used for Bokeh (background blur) or Combined with the power of the Kirin 980, this enables realtime scanning and animation of 3D objects!
#5 Advantages of TOF Camera
#Simplicity - A great advantage of a Time-of-Flight camera is that it is capable of composing a 3D image of a scene in just one shot.
#Efficient - After the distance data has been extracted, object detection is also a straightforward process to carry out because the algorithms are not disturbed by patterns on the object.
#Speed - As the cameras reach up to 160 frames per second, they are ideally suited to be used in real-time applications.
#Price - ToF technology is quite cheap but the job done by this is enormous!
#3D Technique - Full frame time-of-flight data (3D image) collected with a single laser pulse
#Low power consumption - With AI Cooling technology on board, the power consumption while hands-on with camera won't be much of a problem combined with Kirin 980.
#Range Gating - Ability to “See” into obscurant known as range-gating (Fog, Smoke, Mist, Haze, Rain)
#Pixel Perfect - Blur-free images without motion distortion, Pixels are perfectly registered within a frame.
#6 All-View Display with In-Screen Camera - a step closer to the all-screen smartphone of the future.!
The notch has long been controversial, but the hole punch is more elegant and less noticeable, it captures everything but sits in plain sight, the #WorldsFirstTechnology with just 4.5mm Ultra Small Diameter, Hole area reduced by half with All-View display!
* Placing it on the left also makes sense for mobile gaming. With the phone in landscape the punch hole is obscured by your hand, leaving an untouched full screen, viewing experience perhaps the All-View Display and hole punch camera design looks like a step in the right direction.
* What has Honor done? The complex screen has 18 different layers, including the TFT, filters, polarizes, adhesives, and the light guide. Honor only penetrates the light guide plate for its punch hole, leaving all the other layers untouched. Reliability is increased, but more importantly,the selfie camera performance!
Honor's first 2019 flagship kicks off the new year with Eye-catching distinctive design on the back, with the ‘flying V’ design offering something genuinely different and tricked out features like AI cooling, dual-band GPS and triple-antenna Wi-Fi along with New Magic UI 2.0 - It will be a real punch to start the year against rivals!
chewdaniel said:
If Honor really did have a better camera than the 3-month old Mate 20 Pro ppl are gonna be so pissed off...... It's like a Toyota getting more premium parts and better technology than a Lexus that was announced at the same time :laugh:
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Exactly, but to see an improvement in sensor selection (from an unknown one to a Sony flagship sensor) it's great.
I'm happy they've made this choice.
Tamil15 said:
#WorldsFirstTechnology #SeeTheUnseen #HONORView20
Hi friends, here is my thoughts on the 48MP Sony Sensor, 3D TOF (time-of-flight) & All-View Display with In-Screen Camera, Here is my detailed view on the technologies that Honor implemented on Honor View20!
MAIN CAMERA Dual
48MP Sony IMX586, f/1.8 lens, 78 degree angle
3D TOF (time-of-flight) sensor, Stereo Camera
Dual Tone LED Flash - AI VISION
SELFIE CAMERA
Single 25 MP, f/2.0, 27mm
RESOULTION
[4:3]48MP AI Ultra Clarity 8000*6000
[4:3]48MP 8000*6000
[4:3]12MP 4000*3000
[1:1]9MP 2992*2992
[19.2:9]7MP 4000*1872
Can Megapixels be meaningful again with Honor View20?
#1 48MP Sony IMX586, f/1.8 lens - World’s first 0.8 µm ultra-compact pixel size enables industry’s highest pixel count at 48 effective megapixels!
* Improve light collection efficiency and photoelectric conversion efficiency over conventional products, with both high sensitivity and high saturation signal level.
* This smaller pixel size allows the new product to deliver 48 effective megapixels on a compact unit with 8.0 mm diagonal, which can be fitted on many smartphones.
* The increased pixel count enables high-definition imaging even on smartphones which use digital zoom.
#2 The Quad Bayer array enables both high sensitivity and high resolution
Using Pixel-binning,
* In low light situations, such as shooting at night, the signal from the four adjacent pixels are added, raising the light sensitivity to a level equivalent to that of 1.6 µm pixels (12 effective megapixels), to capture bright, low-noise photos and videos.
* When shooting bright scenes such as daytime outdoors, the built-in, original signal processing function performs array conversion, making it possible to obtain high-definition 48 effective megapixel images in real time.
#3 Four times greater dynamic range than previous products and real time output!
* Sony exposure control & signal processing functionality are built into the image sensor, enabling real-time output and a superior dynamic range that is four times greater than conventional products.
* Even scenes with both bright and dark areas can be captured with minimal highlight blowout or loss of detail in shadows while viewing the image on the smartphone display.
So overall the enormous, staggering 48-Megapixel Sony IMX586 CMOS sensor provides a large sensing surface, and should, in theory, gather more light, which increases the chance for better photography and also don't forget that it can also capture full-resolution photos at 30FPS, and capture 4K/90FPS video, along with 720p/480FPS slow-mo video, without cropping. With these sensor’s capabilities, we can guess that the phone can actually push it to its limits.
#4 A Time-of-flight (TOF) sensor, The Future?
Time-of-flight cameras have a huge advantage over other technologies, as it is able to measure the distances within a complete scene in a single shot. The sensor could be used to scan buildings and help those visualize large-scale projects in real-time through the use of AR, Impressive stuff!
* Time of Flight (ToF) is a highly accurate distance mapping and 3D imaging technology. Time-of-Flight 3D depth sensors emit a very short infrared light pulse and each pixel of the camera sensor measures the return time.
* Its job is to calculate the distance between the sensor and the environment to create a depth map, which can be used for Bokeh (background blur) or Combined with the power of the Kirin 980, this enables realtime scanning and animation of 3D objects!
#5 Advantages of TOF Camera
#Simplicity - A great advantage of a Time-of-Flight camera is that it is capable of composing a 3D image of a scene in just one shot.
#Efficient - After the distance data has been extracted, object detection is also a straightforward process to carry out because the algorithms are not disturbed by patterns on the object.
#Speed - As the cameras reach up to 160 frames per second, they are ideally suited to be used in real-time applications.
#Price - ToF technology is quite cheap but the job done by this is enormous!
#3D Technique - Full frame time-of-flight data (3D image) collected with a single laser pulse
#Low power consumption - With AI Cooling technology on board, the power consumption while hands-on with camera won't be much of a problem combined with Kirin 980.
#Range Gating - Ability to “See” into obscurant known as range-gating (Fog, Smoke, Mist, Haze, Rain)
#Pixel Perfect - Blur-free images without motion distortion, Pixels are perfectly registered within a frame.
#6 All-View Display with In-Screen Camera - a step closer to the all-screen smartphone of the future.!
The notch has long been controversial, but the hole punch is more elegant and less noticeable, it captures everything but sits in plain sight, the #WorldsFirstTechnology with just 4.5mm Ultra Small Diameter, Hole area reduced by half with All-View display!
* Placing it on the left also makes sense for mobile gaming. With the phone in landscape the punch hole is obscured by your hand, leaving an untouched full screen, viewing experience perhaps the All-View Display and hole punch camera design looks like a step in the right direction.
* What has Honor done? The complex screen has 18 different layers, including the TFT, filters, polarizes, adhesives, and the light guide. Honor only penetrates the light guide plate for its punch hole, leaving all the other layers untouched. Reliability is increased, but more importantly,the selfie camera performance!
Honor's first 2019 flagship kicks off the new year with Eye-catching distinctive design on the back, with the ‘flying V’ design offering something genuinely different and tricked out features like AI cooling, dual-band GPS and triple-antenna Wi-Fi along with New Magic UI 2.0 - It will be a real punch to start the year against rivals!
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So. Does the camera hole get in the way when you're watching videos or playing games. And what about the light exposure? Does enough light enter the camera for good shoots particularly at night. Lastly, how's the overall performance of the Kirin 980?
https://www.gizmochina.com/2019/01/11/huawei-now-blocks-third-party-launchers/
Enjoy.
Before the 19th century, drawing and painting were how people recorded the beauty of nature and the important moments of their lives. Later, the invention of the camera allowed for the capturing of more detailed and brilliant images with greater speed and ease. Over the past few years, smartphone photography with innate device portability and advanced technology has quickly become many people's favorite way of freezing and remembering the world.
While imaging speed and resolution have significantly improved, it's all been happening on a two-dimensional plane. Now it's time to move to the third dimension. Augmented reality (AR) and holographic projection have spread their wings recently, but it'll be long before they can truly take flight — not until cost and portability issues are improved.
HONOR phone designers believe 3D is the trend of future tech innovation, and that mobile phones are the best platform for it. That is how the HONOR View20 came into being, as a daring exploration into this field.
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HONOR View20 has included a TOF (Time of Flight) 3D sensor in its rear camera system. With the added depth sensing, skeletal tracking, and real-time motion capturing capabilities enabled by this new sensor, HONOR View20 prides itself as a remarkably slim-bodied 3D transformer with functions like 3D Motion-Controlled Gaming, 3D Shaping, and AR Dancing.
1. TOF 3D technology
Before going into TOF 3D, let's take a brief look at 3D structured light technology, another important step in 3D imagery.
3D structured light technology became better known to the general public thanks to its application on the iPhone X, whose True Depth camera uses a dot projector to send out a large number of light dots and then reads the pattern as they reach the target surface, forming a structural diagram.
The operating principle of TOF 3D is different. As the name "time of flight" suggests, it measures the time it takes light to travel from the sensor to the target and return, and then calculates the distance in-between using that time and the speed of light (a constant). So when plenty of light is emitted to reach almost every point on the surface of the target, all dots can be connected to create a 3D image. You can also picture it as a face mask, which changes shape as you apply it and obtains your facial information.
HONOR View20 designers chose TOF 3D over structured light for the following reasons:
The "surface light" transmitted by TOF 3D is highly sustainable over a long distance, so its working range is far greater than the TrueDepth camera.
The TOF 3D sensor supports a higher frame rate and is therefore more powerful in real-time performance. It is ideal for capturing movement in 3D motion-controlled gaming.
TOF 3D consumes less power in the same amount of time.
The sensor's magic is enhanced by the powerful Kirin 980 processor, granting the HONOR View20 a myriad of 3D functions.
2. 3D Motion-Controlled Gaming
Motion gaming offers more fun and immersion, but was not possible without a gaming console. This now changes with the release of the HONOR View20. Simply connect the phone to a large screen using a dock and a cable, then place the phone so its camera can frame you properly to capture your body information, and you're set to go!
While setting it up sounds easy, its R&D was not. To ensure that the character in the game can follow the player's movements accurately, the HONOR View20 developers wrote a skeletal tracking algorithm, which can identify the real-time location of 15 human joints and calculate the length of bones with an accuracy down to the centimeter level. And TOF Camera is also able to get high-precision body contours data. Then HONOR View20 can obtain the spatial position of different parts of your body, and track their movements and gestures in real time. In a Fancy skiing game, for instance, your arm movements, body swings, and jumps will be accurately identified and transferred onto the screen.
In addition, optimizations such as motion smoothing and motion blur/jitter noise removal further enhance the gaming experience.
All the computing is expertly handled by the world's first 7nm AI chipset, Kirin 980, which comes equipped with the HONOR View20.
Two games are currently supported, Fancy Skiing and Fancy Darts, with more coming in the future. We can't wait to see where the future will take us.
3. Magic AR
Magic AR is another way the HONOR View20 brings together the real and virtual worlds. In this application, there is a function called AR dancing, which adopts the same motion detection principle as 3D motion gaming. AR Dance also incorporates, as its name states, AR algorithms supported by the Kirin 980. They can project a virtual character "next to" you and control it to follow your actions.
A Magic AR app has been developed and will soon be available for download. HONOR will release the news once it's officially in the market.
4. 3D Shaping
In addition to skeletal tracking and real-time motion capturing, the TOF 3D sensor's depth sensing capability also supports 3D Shaping. 3D Shaping is a new feature that reshapes your figure while generating no background distortion, owing to the powerful TOF 3D sensor that can accurately separate the subject and the background.
5. AI Calorie Counting
As people become more aware of the importance of healthy living, they're more closely following how many calories they consume a day. However, calorie information is usually available only on food packaging, so how can we obtain the data when we eat freshly made meals?
AI Calorie Counting was developed for this purpose.
Just open the camera, touch the upper left icon and select Identify, point your lens at the food, and you'll see the data displayed on the screen.
There you'll find not only the calorie count per 100g, but also the volume of the plate of dish you're about to eat and the exact calorie it carries. For example, the HONOR View20 can distinguish a large apple from a smaller one and tell you the calorie count of each, without you having to weigh them before the calculation.
Sounds magical, right? It's actually again achieved by the TOF 3D sensor and the Kirin 980 AI processor, as well as the 48MP main sensor. The three respectively obtain the food volume, food type, and the exact shape and appearance, which are then used for calculations.
6. The Future of TOF 3D Technology
The HONOR View20 is just starting to tap into the enormous potential of TOF 3D. More complex, advanced 3D applications will be gradually brought to life on mobile phones, including human body modeling and architecture modeling. As the Kirin 980 has been most credited for its excellent computing power and AI learning capabilities, the prowess of the processor will be one of the most important factors that fuel the coming 3D technologies.
Can I access the TOF data as a developer?
Hi,
Does Honor make the TOF distance data available to me, as a 3rd-party developer? If not, do you think they will?
cheers!
In January, Honor had this huge event in Paris to show off their new Honor View20. It is a super cool phone with an eye-catching design, great specs, and at a good price. But there was something super special about it, a TOF sensor.
What is a TOF Sensor?
The way a TOF sensor works is interesting. It tracks the distance between two objects based on the constant speed of light. A TOF sensor will emit an array of light, usually lasers, and track each one individually to create a depth map. These depth maps can be updated at high frame rates making it possible to do 3D tracking.
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What makes TOF different from the competition?
You might have heard of something like this in phones like the iPhone X or Xs. The difference is the range. The True Depth camera on the iPhone X is very small and doesn’t refresh as quickly. True Depth is essentially only good for facial recognition. TOF allows for so much more with a way larger range and faster refresh rate.
Why TOF?
All of the advantages of TOF sensors allow it to be used for real-time, accurate 3D tracking. So it can be used for portrait mode, body tracking for gaming, augmented reality, 3D camera sculpting, and more. Honor has pioneered all of these features in the View20. Honor even released a new app that uses the TOF sensor: AR Dancing.
3D Gaming
Honor is the first to have mobile 3D gaming, which is a huge step into the future of gaming. Current devices, especially on mobile, are just playing the game on a phone. 3D gaming actually lets you interact with the world and control a character in real time using body mapping. It brings a new level of immersion into the game that you wouldn’t have otherwise.
One of the demo games to show this off is Fancy Darts. The game uses the 3D TOF sensor on the back of the Honor View20 to track the person in real time and calculate everything about their movements to virtually throw a dart. It would be as if you are actually playing darts, but there are no darts and no board, only the View20 and a TV.
There is also a super cool Honor Gaming Dock you can put your phone in and connect to your TV for a more console-like experience.
Another game Honor released for the TOF sensor is Fancy Skiing. The game will track your movement while you lean back and forth to navigate through the slopes in the game. This uses the same 3D tracking through the TOF sensor on the back. You just connect your View20 to a TV or monitor using a USB Type-C to HDMI cable, an HDMI Dock, or use wireless projection and get started.
AR Dancing and Magic AR
AR Dancing is a very cool new feature. It will use the 3D TOF sensor on the back of the phone to track you as you move or dance and mimic your movements onto a 3D character of your choosing. There are 4 cool characters, a robot, an Honor fan, Santa, and a reindeer.
This is done in an app called Magic AR. It tracks your movement with the TOF sensor and tracks 15 different points of movement on you, the subject. All your movement can then be seen in AR and recorded to be shared on all your social media accounts.
Magic AR demo
President of Honor George Zhao demoed this feature not too long ago. He showed himself dancing with the Honor fan character. The 3D TOF sensor was able to mimic his exact movements and recreate his dance in AR right next to him.
https://www.facebook.com/GeorgeZhaoHonor/videos/2322926881285754/?t=0
The Power of Kirin
All of this is powered by the Kirin 980. This chip was designed for new AR experiences just like this. It just happens to be the first publicly available 7nm chipset. It keeps cool and is super efficient. The View20 is also a phone along with a gaming beast so it, of course, has amazing power efficiency and battery life.
I already have the Honor View20, how do I get Magic AR?
Magic AR is actually already available on the Huawei App Gallery. You can download it straight from there and check it out on your Honor View20.
Wow
All of this used to take lots of cameras or expensive tracking arrays, but Honor was able to build this all into a reasonably priced phone. The device actually starts at £499.99 in Europe but the prices might vary in other locations.
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XDARoni said:
In January, Honor had this huge event in Paris to show off their new Honor View20. It is a super cool phone with an eye-catching design, great specs, and at a good price. But there was something super special about it, a TOF sensor.
What is a TOF Sensor?
The way a TOF sensor works is interesting. It tracks the distance between two objects based on the constant speed of light. A TOF sensor will emit an array of light, usually lasers, and track each one individually to create a depth map. These depth maps can be updated at high frame rates making it possible to do 3D tracking.
What makes TOF different from the competition?
You might have heard of something like this in phones like the iPhone X or Xs. The difference is the range. The True Depth camera on the iPhone X is very small and doesn’t refresh as quickly. True Depth is essentially only good for facial recognition. TOF allows for so much more with a way larger range and faster refresh rate.
Why TOF?
All of the advantages of TOF sensors allow it to be used for real-time, accurate 3D tracking. So it can be used for portrait mode, body tracking for gaming, augmented reality, 3D camera sculpting, and more. Honor has pioneered all of these features in the View20. Honor even released a new app that uses the TOF sensor: AR Dancing.
3D Gaming
Honor is the first to have mobile 3D gaming, which is a huge step into the future of gaming. Current devices, especially on mobile, are just playing the game on a phone. 3D gaming actually lets you interact with the world and control a character in real time using body mapping. It brings a new level of immersion into the game that you wouldn’t have otherwise.
One of the demo games to show this off is Fancy Darts. The game uses the 3D TOF sensor on the back of the Honor View20 to track the person in real time and calculate everything about their movements to virtually throw a dart. It would be as if you are actually playing darts, but there are no darts and no board, only the View20 and a TV.
There is also a super cool Honor Gaming Dock you can put your phone in and connect to your TV for a more console-like experience.
Another game Honor released for the TOF sensor is Fancy Skiing. The game will track your movement while you lean back and forth to navigate through the slopes in the game. This uses the same 3D tracking through the TOF sensor on the back. You just connect your View20 to a TV or monitor using a USB Type-C to HDMI cable, an HDMI Dock, or use wireless projection and get started.
AR Dancing and Magic AR
AR Dancing is a very cool new feature. It will use the 3D TOF sensor on the back of the phone to track you as you move or dance and mimic your movements onto a 3D character of your choosing. There are 4 cool characters, a robot, an Honor fan, Santa, and a reindeer.
This is done in an app called Magic AR. It tracks your movement with the TOF sensor and tracks 15 different points of movement on you, the subject. All your movement can then be seen in AR and recorded to be shared on all your social media accounts.
Magic AR demo
President of Honor George Zhao demoed this feature not too long ago. He showed himself dancing with the Honor fan character. The 3D TOF sensor was able to mimic his exact movements and recreate his dance in AR right next to him.
https://www.facebook.com/GeorgeZhaoHonor/videos/2322926881285754/?t=0
The Power of Kirin
All of this is powered by the Kirin 980. This chip was designed for new AR experiences just like this. It just happens to be the first publicly available 7nm chipset. It keeps cool and is super efficient. The View20 is also a phone along with a gaming beast so it, of course, has amazing power efficiency and battery life.
I already have the Honor View20, how do I get Magic AR?
Magic AR is actually already available on the Huawei App Gallery. You can download it straight from there and check it out on your Honor View20.
Wow
All of this used to take lots of cameras or expensive tracking arrays, but Honor was able to build this all into a reasonably priced phone. The device actually starts at £499.99 in Europe but the prices might vary in other locations.
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I need to know how can I get Huawei ar engine in my honor view 20 to play magic ar app ..it said that install ar engine first
Thanks for your help