Overview
- The Orb Mini iris scanners are operational in Austin, Atlanta, Los Angeles, Nashville, Miami and San Francisco.
- Tools for Humanity plans to add 7,500 Orb Minis at pop-up kiosks and partner sites nationwide by year-end.
- Each scan issues a blockchain-stored World ID that confirms user humanity for online interactions.
- Partnerships include Visa’s development of a World ID-linked debit card in the US, a Match Group pilot in Japan and Razer tests to block gaming bots.
- Critics and regulators in multiple countries have expressed concerns about the project’s anonymized data protocols and biometric storage practices.