How to Enable FaceTime Creepy Eyes in IOS 14
I don’t use FaceTime much, but I’ve often been accused of not “showing up in various video chats,” because I tend to look at the screen rather than the camera pointing at me when I speak or watch others speak. And since there is no shortage of technological innovation in the world, Apple has found a solution to this problem with FaceTime calls.
First you need to install iOS 14, which you can get right now, and launch the Settings app. No, you shouldn’t start FaceTime (this is where you might first think to find this setting). Instead, you’ll want to visit Settings> FaceTime , where you should see an option to turn Eye Contact on and off . This is an option in which your eyes will look artificially like they are looking at the camera, although they are not. Yes, it doesn’t make typing any less creepy.
But the best part is that you may not have this option at all. From what I understand, Apple limits “Eye Contact” to phones that are at least as technologically advanced as the iPhone XS and iPhone XR. I’m not sure what the second generation iPhone SE includes or not, as it lacks a TrueDepth camera (if it’s a classifier), but it does run a more modern processor (A13 Bionic) than the iPhone XS and iPhone XR.
In other words, your iPhone 11 should see this feature; my iPhone X is not. Although my iPhone also has a TrueDepth camera, its processor (A11 Bionic) is one generation behind the iPhone XD and iPhone XR. So I guess I’m stuck. No fake eyes for me – or rather, no fit eyes, I would say.
This feature is enabled by default in iOS 14, so you’ll need to disable it yourself if you don’t want to artificially increase your presence the next time you chat with friends or coworkers. It’s weird and silly, but anything that makes us all feel like we’re having more human interactions right now is a good thing, isn’t it?