Adam Harvey

Adam Harvey

Work from CV Dazzle.

“…CV Dazzle™ is form of expressive interference that takes the form of makeup and hair styling (or other modifications). The name is derived from CV, a common abbreviation for computer vision, and Dazzle a type of camouflage used during WWI. Dazzle camouflage was originally used to break apart the gestalt image of warships, making it hard to discern their directionality, size, and orientation. Likewise, the goal of CV Dazzle is to break apart the gestalt of a face, or object, and make it undetectable to computer vision algorithms, in particular face detection.

And because face detection is the first step in any automated facial recognition system, CV Dazzle can be used in any environment where such systems are in use, including social network platforms like Facebook. For an example of CV Dazzle working against Facebook’s Face.com see CV Dazzle vs PhotoTagger by Face.com on Vimeo…” – Adam Harvey