Morph Pictures Using People Hopper App [Google Labs]
Google Labs has launched an interesting product, People Hopper that lets you morph your picture into your friends. Given two images, it hops across millions of public images in orkut so that one image is smoothly transformed into another.
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Morph your Picture using People Hopper App
This new application hops across millions of user images in orkut so that one image is smoothly transformed into another. To do this, People Hopper uses “image matching technology.” First, faces are automatically detected in public profile images and normalized in
contrast and size. Then, for each image, we find other public profile images that are similar to one another. Finally, when you pick a friend you want to be your end match, we just hop along similar public images, step-by-step, until the connection is made. – blog
An interesting time-pass application that will surely find takers among Orkut’s user base.
I tried the application, and even though results are fun to see, the missing piece is the lack of interestingness in connected photos. Ideally, one should be able to expand their social graph one’s connecting photos are found – but don’t think that’s going to be the case. Also, few updates on how one’s picture was part of other paths would make the app interesting and sticky.
What’s your take?
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So will this encourage orkuters to put their own pics in profile instead of Emma Watson’s.
I think Google has better plans with this technology. The app may be just a testing ground for something bigger.
Interesting! too bad, I stopped using orkut ages ago! Would love this app on Facebook though
Something like this was available in photo-shop some 10-years back.
What is it about? Look for someone who looks like u and make friends with him… i can’t understand the connection between Orkut and Morphing technology OR Google.
Image registration never had 100% success without human interaction.
Unless CIA wants to use it for look-alike of a terrorist
Kasi