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Google Arts & Culture — Take a selfie and see which historical artwork you resemble
Meet the people, visit the places and learn about the events that shaped our world. Discover collections curated by experts from the most famous museums. Be moved by stories depicted in thousands of photos, videos, manuscripts and artworks on every type of screen and in virtual reality.
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Chris Messina
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This is fun: take a selfie, see which historical artwork you resemble!
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WHY would you remove features for people that live in certain US States!?!!
Pros:none
Cons:features not available
The selfie comparison feature uses computer vision to compare you to portraits in museum galleries. Quite the hook to get you to explore the other areas of the app!
Oh I so wish the selfie feature were available in India. I was speculating that my selfie would match with the scream. How would I ever know now?! 😱
Either way, this app is fun: either you find your identical twin from centuries ago, or Google's algorithm finds your next (absolutely terrifying) Halloween costume. 👻
Even celebrities from our favorite shows and brands are getting in on the action. 👀😂
Even celebrities from our favorite shows and brands are getting in on the action. 👀😂
I like all aspects of this, not just the selfie feature. Lots included to help people explore and learn.
I don't understand what is so special about this app, recycling google database with another app and the main feature (why I tapped Install) is not working...
Pros:Take a selfie and see which historical artwork you resemble
Cons:Blocked for 90% of the countries.
Are they discriminating based on region or OS?
Pros:Not sure. Interesting use of AI.
Cons:not available
Why is there such a rush with the app's release?! If you have not finished the app or have not made the functionality fully available for users from most of the countries, why you let it go live? I just do not understand *frustrated*
Alright. One question though. Google discriminating countries and regions from their products, is it for fun, or there is truly a reason to do that ? Because I don't understand.
@thilawfab I have really no idea for sure, but I’m wondering if it stems from rights agreements with the museums, which have works indexed in the app. I’m guessing (hoping) surely this will change in the future, it’s not really Google’s brand to withhold public information.
@thilawfab it's probably around laws for facial recognition. It's not enabled for some countries for Google photos too.
@thilawfab I would answer that they always do that on the search also. Lucky (or not) users get the new version while others wait
