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Face value in high-tech service: Check in with a selfie

Singapore is jumping on the face-scan bandwagon - to check in at hotels, get food recommendations at eateries and use a ride-share service. The Straits Times tests two systems and finds out if they improve the user experience

In Singapore, a handful of eateries and hotels have started using facial recognition to speed up certain processes for both themselves and their customers.

Straits Times tech video producer Bryan De Silva trying the self-check-in system at Swissotel The Stamford. (Left and below left) Straits Times tech correspondent Yip Wai Yee testing the facial recognition technology at coffee chain Old Town White Co — Straits Times tech video producer Bryan De Silva trying the self-check-in system at Swissotel The Stamford. ST PHOTOS: JASON QUAH, ZHANG XUAN

Yip Wai Yee

Taiwan Correspondent

Updated

Published

Jun 12, 2019, 05:00 AM

Facial recognition technology used to be the stuff of sci-fi movies.

Today, people encounter it all the time - from unlocking their smartphones to going through immigration when they travel.

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