Tag: POLAR ROSE

ReadWriteWeb just reported on an amazing Android app in development by Swedish company TAT. The app is called Recognizr, and it uses an Android phone's camera and facial recognition software from Polar Rose (remember them?) to identify people you point it at. Not only that, it shows which social sites they're signed up for, and links to their profiles. Stalkerlicious! Sarcastic ...

Though it is currently accessible only to a closed set of beta testers, it seems the 22 minds behind Polar Rose are trying to create a sort of "Google" for people pictures -- a system that is always indexing visual information. But that's only the beginning of the service. Beta testers have recently been given access to an Internet Explorer and Firefox plug-in that will scan faces on a loaded ...