Nokia N900 does real-time face tracking for verification (video)

In an international where smartphone unlock patterns and PINs will be easily gleaned from display muck, and computer passwords might possibly be deciphered from the telltale audible clicks of the keyboard, it’s any wonder that research is funded for alternative identity verification schemes. One promising technology is face verification — technology we’ve already seen implemented in webcams, laptops, and more recently, Microsoft’s Kinect for Xbox 360. Where we haven’t seen it broadly deployed is within the easy-to-lose smartphone, not less than not with the level of sophistication achieved by the University of Manchester (UK). Using an N900, the research team developed a prototype that quickly locks and tracks 22 facial features in real time (even when the other way up) using the Nokia’s front-facing camera. The Active Appearance modeling technique was developed for the european-funded Mobile Biometrics (MoBio) project as a way of using face verification to authenticate smartphone access to social media sites. Unfortunately, there’s no mention of the way long Manchester’s face-verified login actually takes. Nevertheless, the video, apparently shot in a steam room choked with hot man smudge, is worth a peep after the break.

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