Who Would Do Such A Thing?
Hey everybody, Ian Charnas here. I've been working really hard on a new
project and now it's finished and I wanted to share it with you. The
story you need to know is this past year I grew a handlebars mustache
and I was overwhelmed by the positive comments I got from both friends
and strangers. They really liked it! I thought, I want to give the
world a mustache. So that's the project.
What I did was write an app for the iPhone, it's called LiveStache,
and it uses Artificial Intelligence to automatically draw mustaches on
everybody, in live video. You don't have to click anything, just hold
up the camera and get ready for compliments. Don't have an iPhone?
That's ok, just check out the video my friends and I made. I hope you
like it! If you have time, it would be swell if you could pass this
on and help me reach my goal of sharing mustaches with the world.
Credits
Oh one more thing, I should thank all the people that helped. Drew Taylor did an amazing job on the graphics. Laura Palmer and I co-wrote the script for that video, which Paul Sobota filmed and edited with background music by Matt Fitzpatrick. The people in the video are Molly Walker, Julie Patton, Yaya Zhang (who also prepared delicious food for the filming) Raissa Batieno, Noah Hrbek (also featured as our food sculptor) Josh Ehrlich, Unknown Grandma from iStockPhoto, Kailie Charnas-Nelson (thanks to mother Alex Charnas and father Brian Nelson), Drew Ratcliff (who was helpful all around the board), Abraham Lincoln, and Arcey Harton.
project and now it's finished and I wanted to share it with you. The
story you need to know is this past year I grew a handlebars mustache
and I was overwhelmed by the positive comments I got from both friends
and strangers. They really liked it! I thought, I want to give the
world a mustache. So that's the project.
What I did was write an app for the iPhone, it's called LiveStache,
and it uses Artificial Intelligence to automatically draw mustaches on
everybody, in live video. You don't have to click anything, just hold
up the camera and get ready for compliments. Don't have an iPhone?
That's ok, just check out the video my friends and I made. I hope you
like it! If you have time, it would be swell if you could pass this
on and help me reach my goal of sharing mustaches with the world.
Credits
Oh one more thing, I should thank all the people that helped. Drew Taylor did an amazing job on the graphics. Laura Palmer and I co-wrote the script for that video, which Paul Sobota filmed and edited with background music by Matt Fitzpatrick. The people in the video are Molly Walker, Julie Patton, Yaya Zhang (who also prepared delicious food for the filming) Raissa Batieno, Noah Hrbek (also featured as our food sculptor) Josh Ehrlich, Unknown Grandma from iStockPhoto, Kailie Charnas-Nelson (thanks to mother Alex Charnas and father Brian Nelson), Drew Ratcliff (who was helpful all around the board), Abraham Lincoln, and Arcey Harton.