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Biggest Macworld Expo Disappointment -- No Animal Facial Recognition in iPhoto

Posted 01/09/2009 at 4:03:42pm | by Roberto Baldwin

luce

While test driving the latest version of iPhoto, we decided to use the new Faces feature on the dog Luce. Luce is in the iPhoto library of all the iMacs on the show floor.

While Luce is adorable, and we would love to take the pooch to the Mac|Life office and shower her with kibble and rawhide bones, iPhoto doesn't recognize Luce's cuteness.

We tried our doggy-faced experiment on two different machines, with three different pictures. The end result was always the same. The application couldn't recognize Luce's face in the iPhoto library.

noooo

It seems the algorithm needed to recognize human faces is different than the algorithm needed to recognize dog and cat faces. Hopefully Apple will recognize this huge bug in their software and fix it before the official launch of iLife '09 later this month.

COMMENTS: 6

TAGS: iLife, iPhoto, Macworld Expo 09

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Doggie FAIL!
Submitted by Ray Aguilera on Fri, 2009-01-09 14:54

Doggie FAIL!
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Snoop Dogg?
Submitted by Zack Stern on Fri, 2009-01-09 15:53

Wait, what happens then?
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Photo of Luce
Submitted by damiandavilarojas on Fri, 2009-01-09 17:57

Hi, I was wondering where I can get a photo of Luce. Sorry, I don't have an iPhoto09!

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Well, thank goodness for the Baby Translator app.
Submitted by mackerm on Fri, 2009-01-09 19:57

"I want what the dog is eating."

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Not surprising...
Submitted by Sneaky Tiki on Wed, 2009-01-14 08:09

considering there is no green eye elimination in the program either. At least not in the 08 version. Any improvement in that in 09?

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