To get Worldcoin, people need to scan their eyes through a sphere-shaped device called the Orb to ensure everyone is human and only signs up once. The unique identifier is taking center stage as AI continues to grow, and proving someone is a person versus a machine is vital with the ris...
” suggesting it may leverage the imaging capabilities of a standard mobile device. That could offer one advantage over Worldcoin’s system, which relies on spherical “Orb” devices that require interested users to enrol in-person at specific...
Interest in access to Worldcoin and proof of personhood technologies likeWorld IDis continuing to grow globally. In 2023, World ID verifications jumped fromunder a million in January to morethan 2.5 million by the end of November. Additional Orb locations are also opening in both new and existin...
The update includes an on-site age verification check at all orb locations before World ID verification. Third-party personnel will perform the check before entering the venue, the announcement notes. “Worldcoin has always required that individuals be a minimum of 18 years old to obtain a World...
Currently, the US has 11 Orb locations distributed among Los Angeles, New York, Miami, and San Francisco. Worldcoin is reportedly scaling up Orb sites globally, expanding to 35 cities in 20 countries, though it already has over 2 million scanned users from its beta period worldwide. ...
The new locations will feature the Orb — a crucial aspect of the Worldcoin ecosystem. The orb is the first custom biometric imaging device, which was originally developed for Worldcoin by TFH. It has the ability to verify uniqueness and humanness in a secure and safe way,...
In other words, if regulators find Worldcoin is breaking South Korea’s data protection laws, it could face the same hostility it encountered in several other countries where it set up data collection operations with its mobile iris scanner, the Orb. In January, Hong Kong’s privacy com...
It also depends on everyone having cell phones to download the World App, although with the introduction of the Orb, people without cell phones could conceivably still participate by having their eyes scanned at locations that have Orbs, much like current P...
have been for bona fide operating expenses, for example, fees required to set up operations in a school or other facility, or to pay for permits or licenses required to operate in certain locations.” This stands in contradiction to both the official’s and their orb operator’s descriptions...