Disney is working with Accenture Interactive to evolve the engagement between cinema goers and movie posters, unveiling a facial recognition photo booth to promote the studio’s live-action remake of Dumbo at SXSW in Austin. Through Studio Lab – a co-venture between the two companies designed to develop the production, distribution and marketing of the entertainment […]
Chinese retailer Suning has rolled out five unmanned automated stores, called ‘Biu’ as the brand steps up its presence in China’s hugely competitive ‘smart retail’ market. The stores are powered by facial recognition technology, Radio Frequency Identification (RFID), big data analysis and utilise the brand’s online financial services app to provide consumers with a shopping […]
Alcheme, a rising player in the skincare scene, recently closed a round of seed funding, led by DSG Consumer Partners, an investment company based in Singapore that focuses on consumer businesses in Southeast Asia and India, as well as private investor Kenneth Bishop. With the funding, Alcheme will focus on product and market development, as […]
If you had to make your own personal sound, what would it sound like? You could be influenced by pop, country, rap, rock—or you could sound like a blend of all genres. That’s what Pandora wants to find out at its South by Southwest activation. Partnering with Tool of North America, Pandora brought its long-running […]
British Airways is expanding its biometric boarding gate tests in the US. Last November, it began testing self-service boarding gates in Los Angeles Airport that don’t require customers to produce either their boarding pass or their passport. Instead, passengers only need to look into a camera, wait for their biometric data to be checked against […]
More than 1 billion smartphones will be shipped with facial recognition technology in 2020, after the same figure of smartphones are shipped this year with fingerprint sensors. According to research from Counterpoint, we can expect to see mobile devices to combine biometric sensors for the face, iris, voice, and fingerprints, as opposed to competing with […]
Following the success of Pedigree SelfieSTIX – A specially designed clip that lets you attach a Pedigree DentaStix to the top of your smartphone – Pedigree and Colenso BBDO have launched the Pedigree SelfieSTIX app that lets people add fun filters to their dog’s perfect photo. Like Snapchat Lenses, but for dogs, the Pedigree SelfieSTIX […]
Some WeChat users in China will soon be able to use the chat app as a state-issued ID card. Financial Times reports that those living in Guangdong’s capital city Guangzhou will be able to use facial recognition to link their identities to the app in the Nansha district this week. The feature will apparently roll […]
Facebook users will be notified every time their face is uploaded to the platform, even if it is not tagged. The new facial recognition feature will not apply to users in the European Union or Canada, where privacy regulators have prevented the use of such technology. The social network said the new option was “empowering” […]
OCBC Bank has tapped into Apple’s new Face ID facial recognition technology by allowing its customers to log into the bank’s consumer and business apps with their face, instead of using passwords or their fingerprints if they are using the new iPhone X. The Face ID technology, called OCBC OneLook, can be used for apps […]