Face.com new API brings auto photo tagging to any site near you
Face.com – developer of a face recognition technology – just announced the opening of a new platform API which aims to extend photo tagging across the web.
Face.com develops face recognition technology. Two of its main applications run on facebook – PhotoTagger, which automatically tags your facebook friends, and Photo Finder, which finds lost photos of friends.
After scanning billions of photos and tagging over 50 million users through Photo Tagger and Photo Finder on Facebook, the company is moving ahead with its goal of making face recognition approachable and available to all.
The new API,which is still in open alpha stage, lets external developers tap into Face.com’s face detection and face recognition through simple REST API calls. If you’re looking to build a photo tagging application, create personalized e-cards or campaigns, or any other sci-fi idea that comes to mind, you can now use Face.com’s platform for that purpose. Facebook users would eventually be able to identify images of themselves and friends as they browse any website.
Face.com introduced a few examples to show how the API can be used.
Tagger Widget – Using face.com’s Javascript Tagger Widget to quickly add a tagging experience
Poster Yourself – Using the API to automatically plug friend faces into posters and e-cards
CelebrityFindr – A full fledged mini site that uses face recognition to search and filter out Celebrity photos
David Sifry, developer and founder of Technorati, got an early look at The new API and said: “I’ve been impressed with Face.com’s API, and their plan for working closely with developers to build great applications that incorporate face detection and face recognition. Open platforms like this one will enable the creation of exciting new applications that we’ve never seen before at scale.”
In order to get started and start generating API calls, developers need to sign up. You can read more on Face.com’s new API.
Read more about Face.com on Thewadi’s company index.
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Gal Mor and the Israeli internet industry go hand in hand from the very beginning. Gal was chief editor at ynet.co.il Computers Channel for five years and content manager on site. Gal is a now a strategic consultant for new media content and owner of the influencive blog: holesinthenet.co.il
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2010-05-04
13:59:39
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2010-07-08
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