{"id":355061,"date":"2010-02-23T13:40:00","date_gmt":"2010-02-23T18:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"Gizmodo-5478290"},"modified":"2010-02-23T13:40:00","modified_gmt":"2010-02-23T18:40:00","slug":"a-more-awesome-but-maybe-creepier-way-to-facebook-friend-that-girl-youre-talking-to-with-augmented-reality-android-apps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/355061","title":{"rendered":"A More Awesome (But Maybe Creepier!) Way to Facebook Friend That Girl You&#8217;re Talking To With Augmented Reality [Android Apps]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- videoId: 5GqJHaNRlas --><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\nnewVideoPlayer( {\"type\":\"video\",\"player\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/v\\\/5GqJHaNRlas&hl=en&fs=1&fmt=22\",\"customParams\":[],\"width\":500,\"height\":412,\"ratio\":0.824,\"flashData\":\"\",\"embedName\":null,\"objectId\":null,\"noEmbed\":false,\"source\":\"youtube\"} );\n<\/script><!-- \/videoId: 5GqJHaNRlas --> <a class=\"autolink\" title=\"Click here to read more posts tagged #theastonishingtribe\" href=\"http:\/\/gizmodo.com\/tag\/theastonishingtribe\/\">The Astonishing Tribe<\/a>&#8216;s latest demo is Recognizr, an app that blends <a href=\"http:\/\/info.polarrose.com\/solutions.php\">Polar Rose&#8217;s face recognition tech<\/a> with augmented reality and <a class=\"autolink\" title=\"Click here to read more posts tagged #socialnetworking\" href=\"http:\/\/gizmodo.com\/tag\/socialnetworking\/\">social networking<\/a>&mdash;point your phone&#8217;s camera at somebody&#8217;s face, and their contact info and social networks will magically appear.<\/p>\n<p>You have to join the Recognizr service and upload a photo to the database in order to be recognized, so it only works with people who&#8217;ve decided that, yes, if you take a head-on picture of them, it&#8217;s okay for you to see their social networking info. The prototype app&#8217;s built on Android, though <a class=\"autolink\" title=\"Click here to read more posts tagged #polarrose\" href=\"http:\/\/gizmodo.com\/tag\/polarrose\/\">Polar Rose<\/a>&#8216;s <a class=\"autolink\" title=\"Click here to read more posts tagged #facialrecognition\" href=\"http:\/\/gizmodo.com\/tag\/facialrecognition\/\">facial recognition<\/a> tech will work on an iPhone 3GS too.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s actually not really that invasive or creepy&mdash;it definitely seems even less so than <a href=\"http:\/\/gizmodo.com\/5472251\/the-facial-recognition-augmented-reality-app-that-could-revolutionize-stalking\">another facial recognition social networking app from MWC<\/a>&mdash;since it&#8217;s completely opt-in, and really, the explosion of location-based services that broadcast where you are would seem to give people more pause. Or maybe these things should bother me more. Hello, I live on the internet. 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