Software Calculates Average Women Faces In Different Countries. Here is How They Look

Modeling facial computer never stops surprising us . Look ten or twenty years more or less, to see what it would look like if we were born the opposite sex, or transpose our face in a different ethnicity: everything seems possible FaceResearch , web developed by experimental psychologists at the University website Glasgow . By synthesizing this site features hundreds of female faces , a surfer, Collin Spears even offers a gallery of portraits representing the " face of the average woman " in each country of the world.

If as explained Terra Femina , this work is probably more artistic than scientific , the result is quite striking , as you can see in the picture below on this page . By visiting the site FaceResearch you can test yourself this technique synthesizing faces - including uploading your own photo .

Recently, we watched another outstanding job on the face : photographing his family , Anthony Cerniello could model the features of a woman , his childhood in the fourth age offers us a fascinating timelapse .

" I tried to create a person in order to imitate the aging process , says the artist on his Vimeo page . The idea was that something happens , you can not see, but you can feel ... like aging itself . "

In his philosophy, Emmanuel Levinas has ringfenced the face, "mirror of the soul" never fully grasped. With digital technology, it found some of its plasticity to become an almost neutral object. But will it ever be fully accessible, disséquable by science and modeled by the technique? Nothing is less certain ... because they are all striking, these examples are struggling to make us feel the singular being who lives every face. However, they never pass away from the famous "Valley of the Strange" - this instinctive backlash against to humanoid robots, hyper realistic but imperfect, continuing study also psychologists.

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Researchers at University of Glasgow have created an online tool that collects thousands of photos from women of various ethnicity. Using eyes as the focus point, the software uses a technique called ‘composite portraiture’. In simple terms, images are superimposed on top of each other and the most common features are selected for various regions of the face. The results are simply stunning.
So whats the take away lesson? Normally if someone calls you average looking, you may not like the comment. However, over here you will notice that these average faces from around the world are nothing short of beautiful. Stay happy and confident.

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