Apple supplier Largan expects triple-camera demand from other OEMs to boom

Apple may have suffered big losses from iPhone sales thus impacting Largan, but the glass supplier isn't worried and is focusing on more applications.

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LG G8 ThinQ confirmed to feature a Time of Flight selfie camera

Much like how the iPhone can sense depth with its selfie camera system to do things like Face ID, LG says its G8 ThinQ can do the same.

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VR pros and enthusiasts, rejoice: the 17-lens Samsung 360 Round camera is ‘only’ $10,500

If you're a little more serious about your VR content creation than what the Gear 360 can handle, check out the professional-grade Samsung 360 Round.

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Sony Xperia XZ1 unexpectedly starts selling in the US at $700 with Android 8.0 pre-loaded

Still stuck on pre-order status in a number of European markets, the HDR-capable, 3D image-creating Sony Xperia XZ1 is officially available stateside.

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Speculation slowly ramps up over various iPhone 8 AR features, including 3D mapping

While augmented reality doesn't seem ready for primetime yet, Apple may start to integrate 'moderate' 3D mapping on this year's iPhone 8.

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Latest round of iPhone 8 speculation details ‘3D-sensing’ front camera, RAM and ROM options

In addition to no screen bezels or home button, the redesigned face of the groundbreaking iPhone 8 should bring a 3D-capable selfie cam to the table.

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Apple reportedly teams up with LG Innotek for ‘3D camera’ on iPhone 8

The world’s largest information technology company by revenue couldn’t so comfortably dominate the smartphone profitability ranks if it took big gambles through the wide-scale adoption of experimental features every year.

But that doesn’t mean we can’t dream of an “unapologetically” revolutionary iPhone 8 next year with a borderless OLED screen, all-glass design, wireless charging support, and even 3D camera functionality.

Hopefully, the latter part will be a little less gimmicky than what condemned Amazon’s Fire Phone to public ridicule and rapid oblivion. If it pans out to begin with, considering we’re still light on specifics, and the Korean media’s rumor looks impossible to substantiate for the time being.

All we “know” is Apple has purportedly “united forces” with LG Innotek, the exclusive supplier of iPhone 7 Plus dual camera systems, to “enable 3D photographing” on “new products starting from the latter half of next year.”

At least one, but likely two of the three iPhone 8 versions coming in 2017 should again adopt rear-facing dual cam setups, presumably with enhanced “bokeh” effects in tow, facilitated by a new Portrait mode and mystery depth-of-field upgrades, aka 3D features.

First, it’ll be interesting to see if perhaps next spring’s LG G6 brings back 3D photography goodies after the Optimus 3D family’s missteps a while ago.

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