The OnePlus 8 Pro is currently the flagship smartphone from the company. It is by far, one of its most premium handsets that features top notch specs and great cameras. However, it seems that the device has a few hidden abilities as well, being able to “see through” certain plastics when using particular color filters from its camera.
One of the best examples 🤯#OnePlus8Pro Color Filter Camera can see through some plastic pic.twitter.com/UkaxdyV6yP
— Ben Geskin (@BenGeskin) May 13, 2020
According to a tweet by Ben Geskin (@BenGeskin), the OnePlus 8 Pro’s camera is observed to able to see through an Apple TV’s body to reveal its internals. Ben also shared a video, which was a video screen capture from the smartphones. Furthermore, this prompted others to also attempt the same feat with tech reporting agencies publishing their findings as well.
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Digital Trends did their own digging into this hidden ability and found that the OnePlus 8 Pro’s camera can even see through the Nintendo Switch Pro Controler. According to their tests, the color filters through the camera can only see through plastics that don’t have any form of infrared shielding. Notably, it was also discovered that the OnePlus 8 Pro’s camera can pick up on infrared LED lights and more that cannot be observed by the naked eye.
The color filter that allows this ability to be highlighted is “Photochrom,” which can be found in the default OnePlus camera app. Although this isn’t a ground breaking feature, it still is quite impressive for a smartphone to have pseudo X-ray like vision. Additionally, this ability may not be exclusive to just the OnePlus 8 Pro as more smartphones have a similar sensor and a few specialize in infrared technology like the Pixel 4 and iPhone 11 series, albeit you can’t use them in that manner.
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