Beautification Engine

In the future we will always be beautiful. The Overview: "When human raters are presented with a collection of shapes and asked to rank them according to their aesthetic appeal, the results often indicate that there is a statistical consensus among the raters. Yet it might be difficult to define a succinct set of rules that capture the aesthetic preferences of the raters. In this work, we explore a data-driven approach to aesthetic enhancement of such shapes. Specifically, we focus on...

CEATEC JAPAN 2008 Tech-pert Panel Category Award Winner

Here are some visual examples of what we may - very soon - be interacting with: It may not what you see above, but it is the first baby steps getting there: KDDI's Real Space X-ray includes mobile phone software that combines a six-axis sensor, GPS, and microphone in order to display data from the user's immediate environment. Point the phone in the direction of the street you are walking by, for example, and the phone will show you various businesses that lie ahead in a 3D fashion. The ...