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opsan
Microsoft Pragmatic Evangelist

I just posted "MyHeritage Face Recognition" about a site that released a face recognition beta, powered by Cognitec. Apologies if you've seen it before.

I misused it liberally with an attempt to match my photo and Scoble's stock photo with their celebrity database. Results are interesting. Tongue Out

Minh
WOOH! WOOH!

Uh huh... yeah right...

W3bbo
The Master of Baiters

Minh wrote:
Uh huh... yeah right...

That photo of you makes you look younger than your avatar.

I'm pondering posting mine... I don't look too good tonight Smiley

zhuo

This face recognition thing doesn't work for (I need to watch my language). I've uploaded 2 celebritys' photo - both are big with the celebrities' face occupying 70% of the photo and is faced forward. Yet it returned ridiculous results.James

Mike Dimmick

I tried three photos; first, my regular avatar picture that I've been using for over a year: this one came up as Jostein Gaarder (61%). I had to go to result number five before I got someone whose name I recognised: Alec Baldwin (48%).

But I don't look like that any more. Recently I shaved my beard off. I tried a new photo - taken using the Scott Hanselman technique of self-portraiture. This time it reckons I look like chess player Nigel Short - but for some reason the automatic detection has cut my ear off! Manually marking my face just gives a stronger result, 70% vs 68%. I'm quite pleased with #2 though, Kenneth Branagh (69%). #3 is Rita Hayworth, though, so make of that what you will.

Finally I tried a really old shot, which is very low resolution. This time it got really confused and decided I was female - Kirsten Dunst, Monserrat Caballe, Nicole Kidman, then David Bowie (47%). I don't think I look that androgynous.

Karim
Trapped in a world he never made!

Mike Dimmick wrote:
#3 is Rita Hayworth, though, so make of that what you will.

Finally I tried a really old shot, which is very low resolution. This time it got really confused and decided I was female - Kirsten Dunst, Monserrat Caballe, Nicole Kidman, then David Bowie (47%). I don't think I look that androgynous.

Don't ever, ever, ever get sent to prison. LOL

W3bbo
The Master of Baiters

I'm thinking of replacing my avatar with this horrid photo of myself taken earlier today.

I ran it through the matching program, it didn't find any matches, not even after 4 attempts and two different photos.

Well, at least no-one can say I look like a celebrity.

ScanIAm
On a scale of 1 to 10, people are stupid.

W3bbo wrote:
I'm thinking of replacing my avatar with this horrid photo of myself taken earlier today.

I ran it through the matching program, it didn't find any matches, not even after 4 attempts and two different photos.

Well, at least no-one can say I look like a celebrity.

Grow yourself a nice beard and you might pass for Jebus. Smiley

Cider
Daze-d & Confused

I apparently look like babe magnet Formula 1 blokey, Eddie Irvine.

Harlequin
http://twitter.com/TrueHarlequin

ScanIAm wrote:

W3bbo wrote: I'm thinking of replacing my avatar with this horrid photo of myself taken earlier today.

I ran it through the matching program, it didn't find any matches, not even after 4 attempts and two different photos.

Well, at least no-one can say I look like a celebrity.

Grow yourself a nice beard and you might pass for Jebus.

Or you might get a redirect to InterPols most wanted database Tongue Out

Possibly an arms dealer or a opium magnate.

IRenderable
Pi

I used a p*rn stars t*ts and got some famous guy that I can't remember, did it awhile ago.

Karim
Trapped in a world he never made!

I apparently look like: Winona Ryder (57%), Sarah Michelle Gellar, George Clooney, Ferdinand Graf von Zeppelin, Shania Twain, Frank Zappa, Emiliano Zapata, John Travolta, Harry Belafonte, Annette Benning.

I get mistaken for Winona all the time. Expressionless

BenZilla

Gene Kelly

sbc
GW R/Me

Couple of attempts:

Leonardo DiCaprio, JK Rowling

Tennessee Williams, Asia Argento, Celine Dion, Halle Berry

Leonardo DiCaprio, Kimi Raikkonen, JK Rowling, Bono

So it needs more work.

Mike Dimmick

So far we've seen that this doesn't really work all that well with (presumably) high-resolution digital pictures taken under good lighting in good conditions.

How well do you think automatic facial recognition systems work for images captured from CCTV? Or in biometric identification systems? On this evidence my confidence (low to begin with) has dropped to almost zero.

W3bbo
The Master of Baiters

Mike Dimmick wrote:
On this evidence my confidence (low to begin with) has dropped to almost zero.

Now now, this is a web-based service that probably isn't using the same recognition algorithms as the MoD's Qinetiq systems, I think the fact it recognises faces in under a second is a feat in itself.

blowdart
Peek-a-boo

Karim wrote:
I apparently look like: Winona Ryder (57%), Sarah Michelle Gellar, George Clooney, Ferdinand Graf von Zeppelin, Shania Twain, Frank Zappa, Emiliano Zapata, John Travolta, Harry Belafonte, Annette Benning.

I get mistaken for Winona all the time.

Well if you will keep shop lifting ...

Smiley

Mike Dimmick

W3bbo wrote:

Mike Dimmick wrote: On this evidence my confidence (low to begin with) has dropped to almost zero.

Now now, this is a web-based service that probably isn't using the same recognition algorithms as the MoD's Qinetiq systems, I think the fact it recognises faces in under a second is a feat in itself.

Quote from Cognitec's website:

"Cognitec Systems develops and markets the well-established and world-leading FaceVACS® face recognition software. Cognitec's software experts have been developing face recognition technology since 1995. In various independent evaluation tests including the Face Recognition Vendor Test 2002, FaceVACS® has proven to be the leading technology available on the market."

Yikes, I don't want to know what the others were like Expressionless

ScanIAm
On a scale of 1 to 10, people are stupid.

Mike Dimmick wrote:

Quote from Cognitec's website:

"Cognitec Systems develops and markets the well-established and world-leading FaceVACS® face recognition software. Cognitec's software experts have been developing face recognition technology since 1995. In various independent evaluation tests including the Face Recognition Vendor Test 2002, FaceVACS® has proven to be the leading technology available on the market."

Yikes, I don't want to know what the others were like

Reuters wrote:

Marketing Department Exaggerates Quality of Facial Recognition Software!

opsan
Microsoft Pragmatic Evangelist

Yeah; it totally looks like it needs lots and lots (and lots) of work.

Andrei P
Geekpedia.com

I do not look like Neve Campbell. Expressionless

Young Bill Gates looks like Charlize Theron:

Karim wrote:
I apparently look like: Winona Ryder (57%), Sarah Michelle Gellar, George Clooney, Ferdinand Graf von Zeppelin, Shania Twain, Frank Zappa, Emiliano Zapata, John Travolta, Harry Belafonte, Annette Benning.

I get mistaken for Winona all the time.