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Real-Time Face Substitution Will Make Video Conferencing Creepy

Real-Time Face Substitution Video Enhancement

When Chatroulette first launched, there was a storm of people who joined and started using it. Since the media coverage and hype about what it is has decreased, the activity on this social networking site has died down some. I have never tried it myself, but I think it’s quite a unique little way to connect and meet new people. However, as with any technology, the way that it is used tends to get spoiled when people create their own way of disgusting others. There are of course a ton of stories that have been released that are really entertaining when it comes to the Chatroulette site.

However, things are about to change quite drastically for the inhabitants of Chatroulette, and it’s about to become a creepier community than usual. There is a new way to enhance or add creepiness to your video conferencing app using a new way of adding facial substitution to the actual video. It works quite similarly to the Facetime feature that lets you switch the background for whatever place you want.

Basically what it does is add someone else’s face on top of your own to make you look, well… maybe not like someone else (as the technology is still in its infancy), but it allows you to conceal your identity. For whatever reason anyone would want to do this, to me, is creepy as hell. Knowing that someone can just take your photo and act like you on a video conference is quite alarming, don’t you think? I don’t know if the technology will ever be developed into perfection, but the first renders aren’t too convincing as far as making me believe the person is actually someone else. However, we’ve seen technologies go from a basic concept to perfection in less then a year or two before so… Bottom line, this technology is going to make your future video conferencing insanely creepy, don’t you agree? (Technology developed by Arturo Castro by using Kyle McDonald’s ofxFacetracker and Jason Saragih’s facetracker library)

Real-Time Face Substitution Video Enhancement


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Richard Darell is the founder and CEO of Bit Rebels, a multifaceted online news outlet that reports daily on the latest developments in technology, social media, design and everything geek. Today this media entity welcomes more than 2.5 million unique visitors per month and is considered the go to place for people in constant motion. As an Internet entrepreneur, he is dedicated to constantly trying to develop new ways to bring content faster and closer to the end user in a more streamlined way. His excitement for statistics has allowed him to further develop systems that continuously produce accurate and fast-paced analytics to better optimize the approach by which Bit Rebels presents news and content. His graphic design background has proven to be an important tool when designing new systems and features for Bit Rebels since the development of solid and stable code depends entirely on their structure and implemented procedures. Richard currently resides in Stockholm, Sweden and directs the Bit Rebels offices in both Stockholm and Atlanta. You can reach Richard at richard@bitrebels.com

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