Hoʻokumu ʻia ka ʻenehana ʻike Iris ma luna o ka iris i loko o ka maka no ka ʻike ʻana i ka ʻike, kahi i hoʻopili ʻia i nā wahi me nā pono pilikino kiʻekiʻe. ʻO ke ʻano o ka maka kanaka i haku ʻia me ka sclera, iris, lens haumāna, retina, a me nā mea ʻē aʻe. ʻO ka iris kahi ʻāpana poepoe ma waena o ka haumāna ʻeleʻele a me ka sclera keʻokeʻo, nona nā kiko he nui i hoʻopili ʻia, nā filaments, nā lei aliʻi, nā kaha, nā recesses, a me nā mea ʻē aʻe. Nā hiʻohiʻona ʻāpana. Eia kekahi, ma hope o ka hoʻokumu ʻia ʻana o ka iris i ke kahua ulu ʻana o ka fetal, e mau ana ia i ka loli ʻole i ke ola holoʻokoʻa. Hoʻoholo kēia mau hiʻohiʻona i ka ʻokoʻa o nā hiʻohiʻona iris a me ka ʻike ʻike. No laila, hiki ke manaʻo ʻia ka hiʻohiʻona iris o ka maka ʻo ia ka mea ʻike o kēlā me kēia kanaka.
Ua hōʻoia ʻia ka ʻike ʻana o Iris kekahi o nā ʻano hana i makemake ʻia no ka ʻike biometric, akā naʻe, ua kaupalena nā palena loea i ka hoʻohana nui ʻana o ka ʻike iris ma nā ʻoihana a me nā ʻoihana aupuni. Hilinaʻi kēia ʻenehana i ke kiʻi hoʻonā kiʻekiʻe i hana ʻia e ka ʻōnaehana no ka loiloi pololei, akā paʻakikī nā lako ʻike iris kuʻuna e hopu i kahi kiʻi maopopo ma muli o kona hohonu papau o ke kahua. Eia kekahi, ʻaʻole hiki i nā noi e pono ai ka manawa pane wikiwiki no ka ʻike mau nui ke hilinaʻi i nā mea paʻakikī me ka ʻole o ka autofocus. ʻO ka lanakila ʻana i kēia mau palena e hoʻonui pinepine i ka nui a me ke kumukūʻai o ka ʻōnaehana.
Manaʻo ʻia ka mākeke biometric iris e ʻike i ka ulu ʻana o ka helu pālua mai 2017 a i 2024. Manaʻo ʻia e wikiwiki kēia ulu ʻana ma muli o ka ulu ʻana o ke koi no nā hoʻonā biometric contact-less i ka maʻi ahulau covid-19. Eia kekahi, ua hāʻawi ka maʻi ahulau i ka hoʻonui ʻia o ke koi no ka nānā ʻana i nā pilina a me nā hoʻonā ʻike. Hāʻawi ka lens optical ChuangAn i kahi hopena kūpono a me ke kūlana kiʻekiʻe no nā noi kiʻi i ka ʻike biometric.