I heard him say on some podcast that he thinks there is a possibility for him to make real money on this, but I would say there isn't. Very few people care about this, and almost none of that already small group will have heard of the app.<p>Plus I can't even see how this simplifies anything, if you're posting to instagram it's surely simpler to skip the extra step and just use instagram's built in editor, even if you have to place the emojis yourself?<p>Or you could just not post those photos. What's even the point of posting a photo of your child, with the face hidden? Seems very niche. Just post another photo.<p>Casey Liss is a very anxious person, there is nothing wrong with that but if you make apps for people like yourself, it's an advantage to be more mainstream!
I'm not sure why a bunch of commenters are dismissing the idea of hiding faces by placing emoji over them. That's already a thing. I see it a lot on photos that are shared online. It's a good alternatives to having to carefully frame or crop an image to hide objects and faces you don't want others to see.
Nice implementation! We made a similar app a couple of years ago as part of a hackathon project but we never really polished it to submit to an app store<p>Description: <a href="https://devpost.com/software/patronus-k61iv4" rel="nofollow">https://devpost.com/software/patronus-k61iv4</a><p>Code: <a href="https://github.com/parasmehta/patronus" rel="nofollow">https://github.com/parasmehta/patronus</a><p>Unlike this app, we also used age and emotion detection on top of face recognition.
FYI Markup, a feature of the Photos app in iOS can essentially do this fairly trivially.<p><a href="https://support.apple.com/en-gb/HT206885" rel="nofollow">https://support.apple.com/en-gb/HT206885</a>
This is such an obvious thing now that I see it. Great idea and execution. One might argue this should be a feature available natively, and a valid use-case for face-detection other than identification and tagging.
Is the app simple? Yes. Do you have to purchase it? No.
Not sure why this turned into a critique of the programmer and subsequently his podcast and co-hosts.... weird.
I wish the makers of live video apps would add an AI feature to auto blur unknown faces, car plates and mask unknown voices.<p>This would make it possible to legally live stream in countries with strict privacy laws like Switzerland or Germany.
I bet Apple or Android will probably include adding emojis the same in their photo/crop edit tools in a year or two.<p>People are already doing this with other apps as you see in dating apps and stuff.
Added a picture with a bunch of people. Not all of them got an emoji, so as I continued to add emojis, I wanted to pinch to zoom but that behaviour turned out to be for the emoji. Handling a tiny emoji was really add, so I’d appreciate be able to zoom in and out of the picture when I have to add more emojis :)
> There’s several reasons you may want to hide a face:<p>> [...]<p>> * The faces of protestors who are standing up against a grotesque war<p>I don't know if I find this disgustingly opportunistic or a solid gesture of protest and support.<p>Maybe both
Another similar app that also works with video: <a href="https://apps.apple.com/us/app/anonymous-camera/id1504102584" rel="nofollow">https://apps.apple.com/us/app/anonymous-camera/id1504102584</a>
Where I struggle with this is on the basis of the idea. At this point why not turn everyone into a Holo Live character or some other metaverse style creation? Our face is part of who we are and removing that feels very unnatural to me.
the app is simple and clever... tho, you should NOT post personnal stuff on social platforms, do NOT post pictures of your kids ... the internet has become a dreamland for pedos and psychos
I don't get the use case at all. Just stop sharing images of people.
We are living in backward times indeed. What is next? The social app that makes you anonymous?