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RealSense depth camera in ticket machines (lemmy.world)

submitted 5 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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This is at JFK, does anyone know what they are used for? There wasn’t an obvious time when it was taking a picture.

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[–] [email protected] 22 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

Looks a lot like my 3d scanner / Like an Xbox Kinect / Apple Face ID. On a ticket machine That’s just creepy.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago

yep, structured images are projected, then left right cameras capture images, the device compares the differences in each image and can use that to build a rough 3d model of the face. I strongly suspect these are used to make sure people aren't using printed images to spoof the verification - but never put it past the state to horde data and hoover up everything they can.