Jan18 Edition

world, was launched last week and quickly became a
viral sensation. On Friday, Google announced the
selfie matching feature is now available in India.
Using computer vision technology, the Google Arts &
Culture app matches a user's selfie with art from the
collections of art museums worldwide that it has in its
database. While the application tries to find
the nearest match, it shows an estimated
percentage of visual similarity between the face
and the artwork. The feature is available on the
Google Arts & Culture app on both Android
(Google Play Store) and iOS (App Store).
"At Google Arts & Culture, our software
engineers are always experimenting with new and
creative ways to connect you with art and culture.
That's how this selfie feature came about,
too," a Google spokesperson said.
Since its first roll-out, people have used the feature by
taking over 30 million selfies.
"Looking at the success in the US, we are excited to
roll this feature to other countries,
including India," the spokesperson said.
Through the new feature, the application connects
users to more than 6,000 exhibitions, from more than
1,500 museum partners across 70 countries.
The virtual art platform hosts millions of artifacts
and pieces of art, ranging from prehistory to the
contemporary, shared by museums across the world.
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Anuhya Abhiram
IT - III year
"Knowledge is the greatest gift of life,it should never stop." – Tony Clark