Let’s face it, you’ll probably never get to go on a date with your celebrity crush, but, with Dating AI, a new dating app that uses advanced facial recognition technology, you can now find celebrity doppelgangers and ask them out on a date.
The Dating.ai app works by analyzing a reference photo you upload or select from a list of popular celebrities provided within the app, and then scanning through thousands of profile photos from popular dating services like Tinder, Bumper or Plenty of Fish to find people who look very similar. The idea of finding everyday people who look like your favorite celebrity is just a selling point, because, in reality, Dating.ai can be used to find all kinds of people, from people who look like your ex, to versions of yourself of the opposite sex (if you want to date yourself). The possibilities are virtually endless.
Heath Ahrens, the founder of Dating.ai, told Buzzfeed that he and his team came up with the idea for the app while thinking of ways to use advanced facial recognition software that they had developed. After reading about another app that was using Tinder’s API, they decided that the dating business was perfect for them as well.
Launched in stealth mode two months ago, Dating.ai is free to download on Google Play and the Apple App Store. You can play with a list of celebrity photos provided within the app, but for a monthly fee of $7.99 per month, you get to upload your own photos and unlock the full potential of the facial recognition technology. That can lead to all kinds of interesting results, Ahrens says.
Source: Odditycentral.com