HTC releases 5 tutorial videos about its new Eye Experience software

While introducing its high-end selfie-centric smartphone HTC Desire EYE recently at its event last week, HTC had also unveiled a new Eye Experience software suite containing various new camera tools and apps. Some of the recent HTC phones will get this software as an update. In fact, HTC is already rolling out the Eye Experience software for HTC One M8 along with Android 4.4.4 update.

Well, HTC has now released a series of 5 tutorial videos on its YouTube channel detailing various features of the Eye Experience software and how to use them on the HTC smartphone.

The first video shows the Face Tracking and Screen Sharing feature that can be used during a video call. It shows a chef and some cooks involved in a video call. Face Tracking stabilizes the images of all the callers and arranges them in a grid. You learn how to share your phone screen with all those involved in the video call, using Screen Sharing.

The second video shows how the Split Capture feature can be used to capture videos using both the front and the rear cameras simultaneously to “show both sides of the story”, according to HTC.

In the third video, HTC shows two ways of taking selfie – Auto Selfie and Voice Selfie. Your phone will automatically take your picture when you smile or say “Cheese” or “Capture”. If you want to shoot a selfie video, the recording starts just by saying “Action”. The Auto Selfie and Voice Selfie features which have been introduced by HTC now, have already been introduced by some other companies earlier.

The fourth video is about the Live Makeup feature. You can adjust the smoothness of your skin before taking a selfie.

The fifth and last video is a little creepy. It shows the Face Fusion feature where you can merge your face with someone else’s to see how it would look like.

HTC releases 5 tutorial videos about its new Eye Experience software

HTC Desire EYE is now official with a whopping 13MP front-facing camera

After all the waiting and making an appearance several times on the web via leaks, the selfie-centric high-end HTC Desire EYE is finally now official. With a 5.2” display and an huge 13MP secondary camera on the front-board, the Desire EYE is certainly a very promising device from the Taiwanese handset manufacturer.

Initially talking about its design, the HTC Deisre EYE is a two color unibody device with a 5.2” touch screen panel at the front packed within just 8.5mm of thickness. The front-facing Boom Sound speakers might now appear at the first glance and seem to have been bit hidden between the contrasting frame and the black bezels. Needless to say, the BoomSound speakers at the front have built-in audio amplifiers along with a trio of noise-cancelling microphones which are supported with the company own Sense Voice Technology for better reproduction of sound.

The 5.2 inch front IPS display comes with a pixel resolution of 1080×1920 pixels having a pixel density of 423ppi slightly more the HTC One M8, Sony Xperia Z3 and the Samsung Galaxy S5. The device is powered with a powerful quad-core Snapdragon 801 processor clocked at 2.3GHz. The 2GB of RAM on-board offers an seamless and excellent multi-tasking experience to its users. The device has a 16GB of on-board storage with 128GB of expandable storage via microSD card slot. The HTC Desire EYE comes with IPX certification which makes is water-proof in 1 meter deep water for a time-frame of 30 minutes. The smartphone is currently working on the Android 4.4.2 KitKat topped with HTC self-made Sense 6 UI at the top. The device is LTE enabled and comes with a battery capacity of 2400mAh offering 538 hours of standby mode of operation.

Getting a bit more elaborative about the camera for the device, which is the major USP of the device, the front and back of the HTC Desire EYE offer a 13MP camera shooter with dual LED flash lights on both sides. The rear-camera has a wide angle BSI sensor with a 28mm lens and a f/2.0 aperture and the front-facing camera has a 22mm with a bit smaller aperture f/2.2. the front-facing camera has a auto-focus zoom in-out feature as well.

The great thing about both these camera is that both of them are HDR capable with an ability to record 1080p videos. The camera abilities are showcased with a dedicated two-step button on the sides. HTC to support the powerful camera of the Desire EYE has also introduced a lot many software features and the HTC EYE Experience brings features like Face Tracking, Face Fusion, Split Capture, Screen Share, Auto Selfie, Live Makeup, Photo Booth, Voice Selfie and Crop Me In here. Take a look at the review of a re-action camera released by HTC.

There is a special introduced feature known as Split capture that uses the front-facing camera to take a picture and the rear camera to record a brief video simultaneously for recording a brief video. Another feature known as Voice Selfie allows users to take picture and record videos by saying any one of the supported voice commands.

HTC Desire EYE is now official with a whopping 13MP front-facing camera

HTC Desire Eye leaks in photo confirming 13MP front selfie-camera

All the HTC fans would surely be awaiting the much rumored HTC Desire Eye that is believed to be nothing but a topped up version of the HTC One M8 and would host a powerful 13MP front-facing selfie camera. Well, we have got a leaked image that shows two HTC Desire Eye in different color shades placed next to each-other flaunting its 13MP front-facing camera. Looking very closely to the image, you can see it to be saying “13MP Wide Angle” indicating a 13MP camera to its front.

This Wednesday, HTC is holding its “Double Exposure” event, where the Taiwan based handset maker is expected to unveil its action camera along with a selfie smartphone that is rumored since long. The earlier rumors had pointed out with the handset maker coming with an upgraded HTC One M8 with a 13MP Duo camera, but now it apparently seems to be false.

The upcoming HTC Desire EYE is expected to arrive in two color options of red and blue. Rumors from the industry also lead to a speculation that the handset would IPX certified that could sustain a 30 minutes submersion in 3.2 feet water easily. We soon with get you with all the updates as HTC gives out an official word for the device.

 

HTC Desire Eye leaks in photo confirming 13MP front selfie-camera