Animetrics, a developer of 3D facial recognition and identity management solutions for law enforcement and the military, has announced that it has released its first API for commercial licensing, called FaceR. According to the company, the FaceR API will enable facial recognition applications in the commercial and
Animetrics, a developer of 3D facial recognition and identity management solutions for law enforcement and the military, has announced that it has released its first API for commercial licensing, called FaceR.
According to the company, the FaceR API will enable facial recognition applications in the commercial and enterprise market, and represents Animetrics' first foray into the commercial space.
The API is available now at www.facerapp.com.
“Our goal is to extend the reach of our facial recognition capability beyond our core markets, enabling partners to leverage our assets to build innovative products while at the same time making our core technology more pervasive in the marketplace,” said Paul Schuepp, Animetrics President and CEO. “There is an unmet need in the marketplace for accurate, powerful face recognition APIs. We will give developers access to our facial biometric technology to drive development of creative applications worldwide.”
One company using Animetrics' FaceR API is Kairos, a new API provider offering facial recognition core capabilities as well as innovative applications such as workplace time tracking.
One commercial use under consideration is superimposing eyeglasses onto a 3D face, so prospective buyers can virtually shop for frames. Other commercial uses include targeted marketing, authentication, security, games and mobile apps.
The FaceR API provides the critical functions for face detection, facial features detection (up to 24) and 2D to 3D pose correction. This may be used to improve matching performance in any face recognition system, facial enrollment into galleries, face recognition capability and gallery management.