There was a reconstructive surgeon that did a lot research into beauty, because he had to remake faces given partial information. He found golden ratios for all the major features of the face. He constructed a transparent mask with guidelines and did wonders for his patients.
This was the best application I have heard for similar research. Not so much for the money aspect but for the good it did.
The issue with this comes into play of manipulating their face from different angles, which is still an issue in the biometric world. OKCupid's posted statistics on the 'more attractive' profiles, and not all the profiles use the stare directly into the camera shot.
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There are 100,000 people on online dating sites that would pay $20 each for this.
There was a reconstructive surgeon that did a lot research into beauty, because he had to remake faces given partial information. He found golden ratios for all the major features of the face. He constructed a transparent mask with guidelines and did wonders for his patients.
This was the best application I have heard for similar research. Not so much for the money aspect but for the good it did.
I think people would also pay to have this algorithm programmatically identify people that are attractive and filter everyone else out.
The issue with this comes into play of manipulating their face from different angles, which is still an issue in the biometric world. OKCupid's posted statistics on the 'more attractive' profiles, and not all the profiles use the stare directly into the camera shot.
Needless to say, yes, some of them do need this.