From a photo to #future, or in the past. It is a curious time machine that of #Dreambit, a software that crosses data based on facial recognition, 3D reconstruction and age progression. The program was created by the University of Washington, and could be used in the future to identify unknown or fugitive people. Not just a game, then.
Dreambit adapts anyone's face to different eras and looks. Just a photo and then you choose: curly and light hair, or long and brown, or even a date, from the past or the future.
The program is not yet available but could be within the year. How does it work? The software cross-references the data it received as input and analyzes all the similar photos available on the internet until it processes the image that most closely resembles that of the face modified by the new hairstyle or by the weather.
“It's the first step in being able to get a picture of the world in which a person's face changes over time,” said software developer Ira Kemelmacher-Shlizerman. This will make it easier to trace missing or fugitive people.
