Huawei’s 3D Live Object feature might be magical

One of the highpoints of Huawei’s unveiling of its Mate 20 Pro is the latest feature they’re introducing called 3D Live Object. It may look like a scene out of a sci-fi movie (or maybe even Black Mirror if you’re freaked out by all of this) but this is seemingly now possible in actual life through Huawei’s newest smartphone. They are also announcing the 3D Live Emoji which aims to compete with the likes of Apple and Samsung’s own 3D bitmojis but wants to take it a step further.

There are previously 3D Live Objects pre-loaded into the Mate 20 Pro when you buy it but what makes this feature more superior is the fact that you can truly scan real-life objects. You can then later add them to videos that you take with your smartphone’s camera and they will be able to interact with their situation. Huawei claims it’s like bringing an object to life and making “fantasy a reality”.



You will be able to control the 3D object with a numerical button and joystick that is built-in to your camera. The former can make them do certain activities like cross step, run, jump, and other simple movements. The latter lets the character move around. The 3D Live Emoji wants to take on Samsung’s Bitmoji in this intellect, excluding that it might be able to make the emoji move around just similar the object as well.

The Live Emoji action is imaginable because of the Huawei Mate 20’s array of front-facing and back-facing cameras, sensors, and tools. The front-facing one has a 24MP RGB camera, a dot projector, flood illuminator, proximity sensor, ambient light sensor, an IR camera, and even front-facing speaker. The rear camera tools contain a 40MP camera with wide viewpoint lens, a 20MP camera with ultra-wide-angle lens, an 8MP camera with telephoto lens, a single LED flash, and of course their standard Leica authorization.

The Huawei Mate 20 Pro has 6GB RAM and 128GB storing so on paper it will be able to handle all of that 3D Live Objects and Emoji things that you plan to do. It is priced at around $1215 so you may need to save up for this one.