Recognizing images

Facebook began testing face recognition technology for Facebook Photos. This is one of the first innovations that will affect the popular application.

Now users will be able to evaluate the work of the recognition function, because, according to the authors, tagging friends in photos is a very boring and routine process, especially in the case of a large number of characters in a single photo or just a bulk album. To eliminate the “tagging” stage, the developers have implemented a face recognition technology, due to which physiognomies will be automatically detected.

As a result, we get an image where all the actors are found, and all that remains for the user is to answer Facebook to the question “who are all these people?”.

The technology itself is not a revelation - we have long been able to observe similar functionality in fresh digital cameras. But who said that it cannot be used in Facebook Photos, especially since it is really convenient and more justified than in the same cameras.
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The company says that this is only the first sign in the series of improvements that are going to be applied on Facebook. It is worth noting that the Facebook post on sabzh was written by Sam Odio (Sam Odio), one of the co-founders of Divvyshot, which Facebook acquired in April, and precisely with the aim of improving its photo service.

What other features would you like to see in Facebook Photos? Maybe soon Facebook will be able to learn not only to find a person in the photo, but also to recognize him? In any case, you have the opportunity to share your ideas through a special form .

via mashable.com