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Microsoft Phones To Use Iris Scanners To Unlock With Your Face
Microsoft’s new phones will come with an iris scanner that will allow users to unlock their device with their face. The company is expected to announce the features tomorrow at an event where they will introduce two new Lumia devices. They will be Microsoft’s first flagship phones since it acquired Nokia last year. The two new phones will be called the 950 and 950XL and are expected to have big screens and fast processors.
One of the big new features with the Lumia 950 phones will be iris scanners that will allow users to unlock their phone without any passwords or typing – they simply look at their device’s camera. The scanners will use software called Windows Hello, which was introduced with Windows 10. The software on Windows 10 uses a new Intel camera, called RealSense, that works with Windows Hello on PCs. Microsoft seems to have achieved something similar for their new phones.
The new camera can be seen in the leaked photo of the Lumia 950XL above, courtesy of Twitter user @Windows10Lover. A high-resolution camera is required in order to recognise faces – RealSense uses a 3D lens, an infrared lens, and a regular lens, so presumably this new version will use something similar.
Microsoft is going all out with their 950 phones. Both the Lumia 950 and Lumia 950XL will be premium phones with high-end specifications and probably high-end price tags. Although the phones have yet to be officially announced, we already know the phones will boast 20 megapixel rear-facing cameras, Quad HD displays, and 32 GB of storage with memory card expansion slots. The inclusion of facial scanners is another piece of Microsoft’s plan for a phone that will compete with Apple, Samsung, and Google, all of which are focusing on shipping phones with fingerprint sensors instead.
Microsoft’s event starts at 10am EDT on Tuesday. Along with the 950 phones, the company is also expected to reveal an entry-level Lumia device and the new Surface Pro 4.
The next update for Dying Light 2 will release on April 20 for PS5 and PS4, and it will include improvements to the game’s brutal combat system, among other things.
Techland, the company that made the game, says that the changes coming to the combat system will be “significant” and will make the already “brutal” combat even worse.A transmogrification system is also being added, which will give players more control over how their avatars look without sacrificing gameplay depth, which is always important.
How do you feel about these unexpected improvements for Dying Light 2?
Hyenas is a stylish multiplayer shooter being developed by SEGA and Creative Assembly. The game, currently in development for the PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 4, has players working in teams of three to steal money and goods from corporations by infiltrating their ships. It turns out that the newest Hyena character admires the snarky blue hedgehog.
Hero-Ki, a “minor celebrity” and Sonic cosplayer, has joined the eponymous band of heroes to use his special skill. He’ll still be wearing his blue onesie and hedgehog helmet unless he uses a special camera to make himself look like an enemy. This not only helps him avoid danger from AI enemies, but also from players on the opposing team. Certainly not a terrible skill.
We got our hands on Hyenas for PC last year and were left feeling bemused but hopeful. The game is still in alpha testing, so we have no idea when it will be released.
Pizza Possum is an arcade action game in which you, a possum, attempt to consume as much trash as you can without being discovered. It is a web-based sequel to the anarchy simulator Untitled Goose Game.It will eventually be available on the PS5.
We couldn’t help but notice that the possum in the title doesn’t look like the cute Australian possum that comes out at night to visit people.On the other hand, it looks like the horrible North American opossums are the ones that will attack trash cans and cause general chaos.Even though we think the second choice was better in terms of theme, we prefer the first one and are happy to explain why.
Your thoughts on Pizza Possum? Does it possess the necessary mass appeal to successfully skitter along the back fenceline while setting the dog off in the process?
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