Why most of us will miss out on Windows Hello, Windows 10’s facial recognition feature

Windows Hello, a Windows 10 feature designed to recognize you and wake up your PC, will instead give you a blank stare. The technology depends on depth cameras, which use infrared light to peer through makeup and beards to identify users. Analysts and some PC makers believe the cameras will be too expensive to build into cheap PCs (with cheap webcams) that consumers prefer. The launch of Windows 10 at the end of July will nearly coincide with back-to-school PC sales.

Source: https://www.pcworld.com/article/2937701/why-most-of-us-will-miss-out-on-windows-hello-windows-10s-facial-recognition-feature.html