What you need to know
- Honor's new AI Defocus Eye Protection prevents screen-related eye strain and myopia by blurring your peripheral vision while keeping your central vision clear.
- This feature reduces temporary myopia by an average of 13 degrees, with some users seeing improvement of up to 75 degrees.
- Meanwhile, Honor also unveiled new detection technology that uses AI to analyze eye contact, lighting and image clarity in real time to spot deepfakes.
Honor has introduced two new AI-driven features designed to keep users safe and healthy.
Honor showed off new products AI Defocus Eye Protection Unveiled at MWC Shanghai, the new device feature, as the name suggests, uses AI to tackle the growing issue of screen-related eye strain, with a particular focus on reducing myopia.
The recent surge in computer and mobile phone use has been accompanied by an alarming rise in cases of myopia worldwide. This is mainly due to the long-term strain on the eyes caused by focusing on close screens. Over time, this constant close viewing can elongate the eyeball, leading to myopia.
Honor's new feature aims to replicate defocus glasses on your smartphone screen. Defocus glasses are gentler on the eyes because they blur your peripheral vision while keeping your central field of vision clear, helping to reduce eye elongation.
The Defocus Glasses use corrective lenses, but the exact workings of Honor's AI Defocus Eye Protection technology have yet to be revealed, but Honor claims that the software solution significantly reduces users' temporary myopia, reducing it by an average of 13 degrees, with some seeing an improvement of up to 75 degrees.
Another feature is pretty interesting: Honor claims it can use AI to analyze eye contact, lighting, and image clarity to detect fake content. What's more, it works in real-time to stop video spoofing scams before any damage is done.
Deepfakes are a growing problem in the AI era. These realistic yet fake media are difficult to spot and pose a major threat online. Bad actors use deepfakes to hide their identities, impersonate others, or create false profiles. This issue highlights the need for strong measures to protect against deepfake scams.
Honor claims its AI deepfake detection feature can scan a video call in just three seconds, and if a fake is found, users will see an instant on-screen warning to help them avoid potential fraud.
The company's deepfake detection capabilities run on a curated dataset of videos and images, a collection that helps the AI spot common signs of fraud as well as subtle anomalies that uncover deepfakes.
It's unclear whether these features will work entirely on-device, but real-time deepfake detection will likely require an internet connection. The company also didn't say which Honor smartphones will support these features or when they'll be available. More details are expected to be announced soon.
