I've been thinking about creating my first iPad app, and as I was searching for information, I came across a few articles related to Apple's new iOS 5 that I found interesting.
Because my target user group includes young people with autism spectrum disorders (ASD), I was intrigued by the possibility that the facial recognition APIs might provide a means of assessing mood or emotional states. Most of us understand that our faces function as mirrors to feelings, and we use our facial expressions to communicate our feelings to others. Unfortunately, this is a concept that is difficult for young people with ASD to understand. My hunch is that there is an "app for that".
I'd love to great to create a little iPad app for young people with ASD for education, intervention, and/or communication activities that incorporates the facial recognition feature!
Apple's iOS facial recognition could lead to Kinect-like interaction
Darrell Etherington, GigaOm/Reuters, 7/27/11
Here is a quote from the above article:
"You could create apps that track a user’s eye movement and dynamically change content accordingly, for instance. App developers might even be able to use data gathered from facial recognition APIs to identify so-called “hotspots,” providing insight about where a user is looking most within an app and arranging content accordingly. In time, an iPhone app might even be able to assess the emotional state of the user, based on whether they’re frowning or smiling, and address the user in a manner appropriate to their mood. It might also be able to tell how engaged users are with mobile ads and content, which might be useful for iAd customers, among others."
iOS 5's final release may include "Assistant" speech-to-text feature
Chris Rawson, TUAW, 7/23/11
Because my target user group includes young people with autism spectrum disorders (ASD), I was intrigued by the possibility that the facial recognition APIs might provide a means of assessing mood or emotional states. Most of us understand that our faces function as mirrors to feelings, and we use our facial expressions to communicate our feelings to others. Unfortunately, this is a concept that is difficult for young people with ASD to understand. My hunch is that there is an "app for that".
I'd love to great to create a little iPad app for young people with ASD for education, intervention, and/or communication activities that incorporates the facial recognition feature!
Apple's iOS facial recognition could lead to Kinect-like interaction
Darrell Etherington, GigaOm/Reuters, 7/27/11
Here is a quote from the above article:
"You could create apps that track a user’s eye movement and dynamically change content accordingly, for instance. App developers might even be able to use data gathered from facial recognition APIs to identify so-called “hotspots,” providing insight about where a user is looking most within an app and arranging content accordingly. In time, an iPhone app might even be able to assess the emotional state of the user, based on whether they’re frowning or smiling, and address the user in a manner appropriate to their mood. It might also be able to tell how engaged users are with mobile ads and content, which might be useful for iAd customers, among others."
Stan Schroeder, Mashable, 7/26/11
Below is a video from from the above post which demonstrates an app developed by Polar Rose, a company that was purchased by Apple.
Chris Rawson, TUAW, 7/23/11
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