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title: "Next generation facial mapping technology"
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canonical: "https://osherove.com/blog/2006/10/15/next-generation-facial-mapping-technology.html"
published: "2006-10-15T23:32:12"
updated: "2006-10-15T23:32:12"
tags: ["Off Topic"]
author: "Roy Osherove"
description: "What an absolutely amazing technology this is . \"The Times's Sharon Waxman talks with executives from Imagemetrics, a special effects company whose new facial mapping software could change the way movies are made.\""
usage: "Licensed under CC BY 4.0 — reuse, quote and adapt with attribution (Roy Osherove, link to the original page)."
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# Next generation facial mapping technology

By Roy Osherove October 15, 2006 In [Off Topic](https://osherove.com/blog/category/off-topic)

**Historical article** · Originally published October 15, 2006; technical details may be outdated.

What an [absolutely amazing technology this is](http://video.on.nytimes.com/ifr_main.jsp?nsid=a-768be3b9:10e4e05b9e3:-2d7c&fr_story=650ff1e00d0677c95caaad8c9938664384ba9652&st=1160951366930&mp=FLV&cpf=false&fvn=8&fr=101506_062457_w768be3b9x10e4e05b9e3xw4353&rdm=132070.90122113118).

> "The Times's Sharon Waxman talks with executives from Imagemetrics, a special effects company whose new facial mapping software could change the way movies are made."

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## About the author

**Roy Osherove**: Senior Solutions Architect at AWS working on AI for production and AI-driven development; author of The Art of Unit Testing and Elastic Leadership, with about 20 years of consulting and training on unit testing, TDD, team leadership and continuous delivery.

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