Viewdle

6/23/11

Viewdle Brings Game Changing Game To Android

" So what makes a vampire game so earth shattering and game changing? It’s the way that Viewdle is integrating it’s device based facial recognition to gaming."

6/23/11

Viewdle Third Eye brings AR gaming to Android devices

"What’s special about the game is that players don’t get to choose sides – the game chooses sides for them with the aid of the phone’s camera."

6/22/11

Viewdle Brings Facial Recognition Technology to RPGs With Third Eye

"All of the facial recognition data is stored locally on the phone and isn’t transmitted to servers, so this is a net positive for user privacy."

6/22/11

Viewdle Launches 'Third Eye' Augmented Reality Game

"Photo sharing and gaming are two of the hottest areas for mobile apps. Start-up Viewdle, which already has a photo sharing app SocialCamera based on facial recognition technology, is launching a new mobile game, Third Eye, using its photo technology."

6/22/11

Android phones to pit vampires against slayers

"It was also intended as a fun demonstration of a powerful software platform that lets smartphone cameras recognize what they see and potentially support services such as sight for the blind or memories for the forgetful."

6/22/11

Third Eye mixes augmented reality and gaming using Viewdle facial recognition

"Third Eye is a multiplayer role-playing game centered on vampires and vampire slayers, with other warrior clans incorporated as well. "

6/22/11

Viewdle brings its facial analysis tech to Android gaming

"Third Eye is a game which takes the form of a massively multiplayer, steampunk adventure in a world where vampires and humans are at war. The game is set over three episodes. "

5/15/11

Augmented reality has potential to reshape our lives

"Now, a confluence of ever-improving technologies — cellphone cameras, more powerful processors, graphics chips, touch-screens, compasses, GPS and location-based technologies — are helping drive AR forward"

5/3/11

Why Smartphones Can See More Than We Can

"Viewdle's future plans sound exciting."

5/2/11

App of the Day: Viewdle SocialCamera for Android

"...what really shines about SocialCamera is that it lets you tag the people in the photo. This is especially great because Viewdle has developed facial recognition technology that'll eventually start associating names to your friend's faces, which makes tagging way easier. It's like Faces in Apple's iPhoto, the feature gets smarter and smarter. SocialCamera turns your Android phone into your own personal Facebook camera!"

4/29/11

Here Are All The Best Android Apps You Missed Out On This Week

"Viewdle takes social photography to the next level."

4/27/11

Viewdle's SocialCamera App Tags and Learns your Friends' Faces

"Photo sharing has become one of the hot areas in the social sector in recent months with a large number of start-ups competing for users."

4/27/11

Viewdle Releases SocialCamera For Android: Instant Photo Tagging, Sharing

"I tested it on an HTC Desire HD phone and it worked like a charm"

4/27/11

Android App Sees Faces & Tags Friends in Photos

"The startup’s first consumer release comes in the form of an Android application that can see faces and will surely make it more conspicuous."

4/27/11

Viewdle Ready With SocialCamera, an Android App That Never Forgets a Face

"Dubbed SocialCamera, the Android app aims to do one key thing: help users automatically tag their Facebook friends in photos taken with their cell phone cameras."

4/27/11

Little Brother is watching

"Facial recognition, drones and tiny sensors have become toys."

4/27/11

Viewdle Facial Recognition for Android Goes Live with SocialCamera App

"I’m a big fan of Viewdle because it’s making use of a smartphone’s multimedia capabilities, wireless connectivity, and processing power to do something relatively new in social networking. It helps that the app layout is really slick, and SocialCamera in particular is something I would easily use on a regular basis. Viewdle’s looking to turn their facial recognition software to other applications soon, so keep an eye out for more from these guys. "

4/27/11

Viewdle lets Android smartphones recognize friends

"SocialCamera uses computer algorithms to create "faceprints" that people can tag with names and store in smartphones. The software then matches faceprints to subjects in subsequent photos."

4/27/11

Viewdle SocialCamera Android app adds auto face tag in photos for Facebook, Flickr

"Viewdle’s creation was one of the most interesting apps I saw at CTIA, and I eagerly awaited the chance to test it on my HTC EVO 4G"

4/26/11

Facebook Facial Recognition Could Get Creepy

"In the hands of smaller developers like Viewdle and Fotobounce, which keep little if any personal information on their company’s servers, face recognition could be minimally worrisome."

4/25/11

Viewdle takes photos, recognizes friends, and auto-tags them for Facebook

"Aside from the already-cool face-tagging in photos, there are also plans to use photos to automatically check-in friends to Facebook Places and offer an augmented reality game using the camera viewfinder."

3/23/11

Viewdle tags Facebook pics via AR

"Viewdle brings a cool little addition to your Android camera."

3/23/11

CTIA Announces E-Tech Award Winners

"Do you remember when we thought Viewdle was really interesting? It won best mobile app."

3/22/11

CTIA 2011: can you really augment reality?

"Augmented reality is visual computing. From the two words: augmented and reality, there is one that is difficult: reality."

3/22/11

Augmented Reality Industry Aims to Get Beyond the Hype

"Augmented reality applications, particularly on the phone, have already begun to make an impact... have proved popular in both the gaming and retail arenas."

2/28/11

New Apps for Your iPhone and Android: February 2011 Edition

"This company promises mobile apps that will analyze faces in the camera's viewfinder and link those to Facebook, LinkedIn, YouTube and more. Its facial recognition feature learns the more you use it."

2/17/11

Viewdle – social face recognition – interview with founder Laurent Gil

"There is no doubt that this is a fantastic bit of technology – and that people using social media will have their lives enriched."

2/16/2011

Viewdle Lets the Camera Recognize Your Friends

"Few technologies have improved as steadily as digital cameras, long a standard feature in cellphones. But a new phase may be coming, as companies like Viewdle allow smartphones to recognize who is in a photograph as it’s taken."

2/16/2011

This is the Creepy, Super Cool Future of Smartphones & Social Networks

"The future is nearly here and I, for one, welcome our new overlords, who today come to us in the form of a Silicon Valley company called Viewdle..."

2/14/11

Viewdle for Android Mashes Up Augmented Reality, Facial Recognition, and Social Networking [Video]

"As is, it’s used as little more than a gimmick for points of interest browsing, but as soon as object and facial recognition get into the picture, AR gets a lot more compelling."

1/10/2011

Viewdle brings automatic photo tagging to smart phones

"Viewdle automates the labor-intensive process of tagging photos and uploading them to Facebook. That sort of convenience will appeal most to young people who are 'all about sharing the moment' and documenting their lives through their mobile-phone cameras."

1/7/2011

CES: Face Recognition on the Fly

"Viewdle is working on the software side, demonstrating a face recognition system for mobile phones at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas"