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Webcam + face detection = Spooky goings on…

Posted by James - 23/10/09 at 02:10:16 pm

… at MMT Digital.

Augmented Reality Halloween

Here’s a bit of Friday afternoon fun for you.  I was playing around with some Actionscript face detection libraries last night, combined them with a webcam, some dynamic overlays, and voila! Augmented Reality, and just in time for Halloween too.  You will need a webcam to try it out yourself, as it’s just an early prototype, but we thought it was cool enough to stick on the company homepage for a short while.

Update: You can see a live version and download the source code, from this post.

James Ford

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About the author: James is a Senior New Media Developer at MMT Digital, and has BA(Hons) in Design for Interactive Media from the University of Gloucestershire. He loves designing and producing all sorts of website and Flash-related things, as well as prattling on about technologies. Day-to-day he works with Flash, Dreamweaver, Director, Microsoft Office Sharepoint Server 2007 (MOSS) and in his spare time he mucks about in Flex and Wordpress. Follow James on Twitter.

2 Comments »

  1. Hi, I’m not sure if this app used Marilena for the head detection. But Marilena is Flash Actionscript 3-ported face detection engine.
    I also did an integration of faceAPI with Flash actionscript 3. But it is not available for web because faceAPI is desktop based engine. So it is more suitable for interactive installation in public space. I have made a youtube video here:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZcEIHjV8xs4
    Thanks, i really like your website, very informative and good source of information for interesting projects.

    Comment by Hafiz — 26 November 2009 #

  2. 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.

    Comment by JH — 3 December 2009 #

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