Hipster glasses company Warby Parker has always been early to embrace new technology.
On Tuesday,Omnibus Archives the company rolled out an update to its iPhone app just for iPhone X users, that will use the new phone's front-facing infrared camera to map the user's face and get them fitted for a new set of frames.
SEE ALSO: Apple's facial recognition tech could be coming to iPads nextThe iPhone X's infrared camera is used for its Face ID security, which projects thousands of dots on a user's face to distinguish one from another. It's what the Xbox Kinect does as well.
The technology can map the 3D depth of a face too, so it's a lot more effective than simply superimposing a set of frames on a flat photo of someone.
To use it, open the app (on an iPhone X, of course) and tap "find your fit."
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After the mapping is done, the app recommends you a series of frames it thinks will fit.
It doesn't put the frames on your face, however.
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Some early reviews on the app did not spare the snark.
"If I had $1200 to spend on a phone that can analyze my face to make your glasses fit better, I wouldn’t have to buy glasses on-line from Warby Parker," said a user called perico.
Still, props to Warby Parker for jumping on that iPhone X bandwagon fast.
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