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Using computer vision technology, the Google Arts & Culture app matches a user’s selfie with art from the collections of art museums worldwide that it has in its database. While the application tries to find the nearest match, it shows an estimated percentage of visual similarity between the face and the artwork. The feature is available on the Google Arts & Culture app on both Android (Google Play Store) and iOS (App Store).
“At Google Arts & Culture, our software engineers are always experimenting with new and creative ways to connect you with art and culture. That’s how this selfie feature came about, too,” a Google spokesperson said.
Since its first roll-out, people have used the feature by taking over 30 million selfies.
“Looking at the success in the US, we are excited to roll this feature to other countries, including
India,” the spokesperson said.
Through the new feature, the application connects users to more than 6,000 exhibitions, from more than 1,500 museum partners across 70 countries. The virtual art platform hosts millions of artifacts and pieces of art, ranging from prehistory to the contemporary, shared by museums across the world.
Written with inputs from PTI