Subj : Forget voice prompts I just answered a phone call using nothing To : All From : TechnologyDaily Date : Mon Feb 26 2024 16:00:06 Forget voice prompts I just answered a phone call using nothing but my eyes Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2024 15:53:05 +0000 Description: Honor has debuted its innovative eye-tracking Magic Capsule technology at MWC 2024. FULL STORY ====================================================================== Back in October, I reported on Honors Apple Vision Pro-style eye-tracking technology , which had just been teased in a blink-and-youll-miss-it segment at Qualcomms annual Snapdragon Summit. At the time, Honor used a series of animations to demonstrate how and why this eye-tracking tech might be used, but at MWC 2024 , I was able to get hands-on (or eyes-on?) with this decidedly Blade Runner -esque smartphone feature. Billed as an imminent upgrade for the newly announced Honor Magic 6 Pro flagship, this eye-tracking tech is tucked away inside the phones Magic Capsule digital pop-up, which is essentially Honors take on Apples Dynamic Island. By leveraging the Magic 6 Pros front-facing camera tech and facial recognition smarts, Magic Capsule is able to recognize the users eyes and draw navigational information from the direction of their gaze. I took the feature for a spin at MWC 2024, where I was able to answer a phone call using nothing but my eyes. Check it out in the TikTok below: @techradar missedcalls (sped up) - Kudasaibeats & sped up Pretty neat, right? Honor says this eye-tracking tech has myriad applications its already been used to start and physically move a car , for instance however its functionality on the Magic 6 Pro is likely to remain limited to more mundane Magic Capsule apps like Timer, Alarm and Call. Indeed, certain app-based eye-tracking functions have already begun rolling out on Chinese versions of the Honor Magic 6 Pro, with international versions of the device which are set to begin shipping from March 8 confirmed to receive eye-tracking in the future. Eye-tracking in action on the Honor Magic 6 Pro (Image credit: Honor) Of course, eye-based UI control isnt a totally new technology. As alluded to earlier, Apple has implemented an innovative eye and hand-tracking navigation system on its Vision Pro headset, which TechRadar's Lance Ulanoff described in his Apple Vision Pro review as a control experience unmatched in the mixed-reality space. Until now, though, eye-tracking hasn't been seen on a smartphone. And while youll still need to pay handsomely for the privilege of having this technology in your pocket the Honor Magic 6 Pro retails for a hefty 1,099.99 in the UK (availability elsewhere looks unlikely) its clear that you dont need to spend quite as much as $3,499 to own a piece of the hands-free future. You might also like MWC 2024: all the biggest news from every major phone brand You can now try out Samsung's Galaxy AI on any smartphone Lenovo's Project Crystal transparent laptop may be the coolest computer you'll hardly see this year ====================================================================== Link to news story: https://www.techradar.com/phones/honor-phones/forget-voice-prompts-i-just-answ ered-a-phone-call-using-nothing-but-my-eyes --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Linux/64) * Origin: tqwNet Technology News (1337:1/100) .