Scientists have invented headphones to scan people's faces using sound

Researchers at Cornell University have developed EarIO technology to scan the human face with

with the help of sound and the creation of a digital copy.

These face avatars can be used forvideo communications. To scan a face, the user must wear special headphones that will play sound, and built-in microphones will capture the echo reflected from the face. On this basis, the neural network will build a copy of the user's face.

EarIO technology is an alternative to technologyface recognition, which is already implemented in video cameras. But this is a rather expensive technology due to the high cost of cameras. In addition, the cameras are heavy and energy-intensive, and collect unnecessary information that threatens the privacy of the user.

The disadvantage of face recognition using sound is the distortion and complete restructuring of the digital copy if the user rotates his head.