Invisibility Camera Features Like X-ray On OnePlus 8 Pro

See through camera feature (Twitter @bengeskin)

JAKARTA - Many smartphones today are competing to maximize the performance of their cellphone cameras. Starting from increasing the number of lenses in order to capture a wider image, to the ability to photograph even very distant objects.

But who would have thought, the OnePlus 8 Pro's camera actually had an unusual ability for a cellphone. The reason is that this cellphone camera has features similar to an x-ray sensor, so that it can see certain objects in a transparent way.

Reporting from The Verge, the OnePlus 8 Pro's invisibility camera capabilities were discovered by accident from the Photochrom filter effect. This filter enables the camera computation at OnePlus to capture the saturation of infrared light from certain objects with specific materials.

For example, a layer of black plastic or cloth, which is invisible to the human eye. "This camera turns out to be able to penetrate several types of plastics that do not have IR shielding," wrote YouTuber Tekno Marques Brownlee on Twitter.

Whoa - OnePlus 8 Pro's "color filter" camera can see through some plastics that don't have IR shielding. Thanks to @BenGeskin for the idea! 👀 pic.twitter.com/w6DQHd9eNS

- Marques Brownlee (MKBHD) May 13, 2020

In fact, the rear camera of the OnePlus 8 Pro is not equipped with x-ray capabilities, but an infrared sensor on the back of the phone for photographing objects. OnePlus also has not issued an official statement regarding the transparent camera feature in its products.

Several tech enthusiasts, such as Ben Geskin also showed off the OnePlus 8 Pro's 'x-ray' trick. YouTuber Unbox Therapy also made a video of how the OnePlus 8 Pro phone can see parts of a number of objects such as an Apple TV, remote or a box of iPhones even if they are blocked by a black shirt.

Long before OnePlus, in 1998, Sony had to withdraw or recall for one of its camcorder models because it could take transparent images. This happened because Sony's infrared sensor managed to capture the light spectrum of an object.