ViewSonic V55 is first phone with iris recognition

If we thought the fingerprint sensor is established in smartphones as greater innovation in safety, 2015 holds for us interesting developments. And the manufacturer ViewSonic is ready ViewSonic v55, a model not particularly stand out for their technical characteristics, but to include for the first time a biometric sensor with the ability to recognize the unique pattern of the iris of the human eye.

 Last year was speculated that Samsung retina scanner integrate the Samsung Galaxy S5. After his presentation dissipated any doubts about as Koreans were carried away by the reader fingerprint scanner that Apple popularized after the presentation of iPhone 5s. Now virtually unknown company in the market is ahead of everyone and shows the ViewSonic V55, which will go down in history as the first smartphone with iris recognition system.

 Eye recognition

 As was already mentioned, the new ViewSonic V55 notable for integrating an iris recognition system. It is not retina scanner rumors placed on the Samsung Galaxy S5, but it is more accurate, reliable and fast. Its operation is relatively simple as using a specific infrared camera captures the pattern structure of the iris of the human eye. Once stored, the camera scan enabled iris makes a comparison between the sample and the live reading user eye.

 According to information provided by the brand, smartphone integrates iris recognition system on the top right and will need to slide a plastic cap that covers the optics. Light is activated automatically and proceed with the scan.

 Accessory Lenses standard for camera

 But the eye-tracking is not the only peculiarity of the model. As can be seen in the promotional video, the ViewSonic V55 includes a set of three lenses with which the user can enhance the operation of the camera which, incidentally, include a 13 megapixel sensor from Sony. This will make it possible to take snapshots with a wide angle, fisheye, and macro.

 Other features

 Not many details of the model. Just know that this is an Android smartphone with 5.5-inch HD display, Qualcomm Snapdragon 410 processor architecture quad-core 1.4 GHz and 64 bits. In addition, the system will have 2 GB of RAM and versions 16 and 32 GB of internal memory.

 Then we leave you with a video in which the manufacturer shows and implements the iris recognition performance and the functions associated with said biometric sensor, either the release system or payment system.

ViewSonic V55 is first phone with iris recognition