07.17.2025
If Apple ever does bring Face ID to the Mac, newly revealed research shows how the company could also use its LiDAR to recognize a user's hand gestures.The Saint interrogates
The Saint interrogates a Mac — image credit; Apple
Face ID first came to Apple devices in 2017 with the launch of the iPhone X. It's now on every iPhone, and many iPads, but it has not come to the Mac.
This means that while a newly-revealed Apple patent application about gesture detection promises much for the future, there's an unstated extra element. The technology described would scan users, looking for gestures, and that means a camera sensor on the iMac, the MacBook Pro, or perhaps the MacBook Air.
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