A Super Bowl ad touting Google Pixel 6 Real Tone technology as a way to properly capture darker toned skin explains the problem with past technology.
The innovation is a far cry from the days of the so-called “Shirley card” developed by Kodak for developers who used the image of a white woman -- named Shirley -- to tone and balance color images. Including those of black and brown people.
On today's Tech Tuesday we'll discuss adjusting our cameras to appreciate every skin tone.
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- Julian Chokkattu, reviews editor, Wired
- Lorna Roth, professor emerita, Concordia University
- Rachel Monroe is a contributing writer at The New Yorker, where she covers Texas and the Southwest
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