Polar Rose
The exact purpose is not quite clear. Founder: “-sort, search and manage online albums (yup, I stole that one from Riya and Ookles), -get feeds from photo sites with pictures of people you like, – find out who a person is on a picture you come across while browsing, – click on a face on a news site to find information, links or other sites with this person”.
I’ve taken a look at the founder’s recent Ph.D. thesis. Same old – conversion of 2D to 3D.
[...] For a while I’ve been planning to resume reviews of image search applications but couldn’t decide which one to start with. The decision was made for me – coverage of Polar Rose (last reviewed in March) appeared. Was it in TechCrunch? No, it appeared in Time Magazine! [...]