Taking a leaf (or the entire tree?) from Facebook, Orkut is planning to launch face tagging – though the big differentiator is face detection technique that Orkut is working on.
To speed up the tagging process, we’re launching a face detection feature on all new photos uploaded to orkut. With it, orkut is now able to automatically detect when faces appear in photos (by recognizing features like eyes, noses, mouths, etc.), but without actually identifying specific individuals. The algorithm is not perfect, however, so things like eyeglasses, difficult lighting, poses, etc. may ‘fool’ our system from time to time. If that ever happens, rest assured that you can always tag photos as you normally would, and of course change or remove any tags that you’re unhappy with. – blog
So many companies have tried and failed at Face detection – do you think Orkut can make it work?
This technology is already in place in Picasa Web Albums and works pretty great there. Good to see the same in Orkut.
Given the fact that most people on Orkut don’t use their real names but a weird status with even weirder special characters, I can’t imagine how this will be useful EVEN IF Orkut’s face detection algorithm works. Brilliant, it detected a face. Good luck searching out and tagging your friend’s name.
At least Facebook is sensible and doesn’t allow frequent name changes.
;p
alb
You can create valid passport photos with http://idphoto4you.com website.
It uses face detection to set size and position of head.
It is free.
It knows numerous standards.