Bet you can't guess what's going on with this guy's face!
I'll give you a hint.... it has to do with psychology.
Give us your best guess and I'll tell you tomorrow why all that crap is all over his face.
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What's wrong with this guy's face?!
Category: Psychology • Vision
Posted on: August 22, 2007 4:22 PM, by The Omnibrain
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Luminous dots for filming in the dark, to use to recreate how the face shape changes to lay it over a simulation?
New acne treatment?
Posted by: Hank Roberts | August 22, 2007 4:54 PM
New Super-Adhesive Q-Tips Negatively Affects Testers Aim.
Posted by: Greg Chongva | August 22, 2007 4:55 PM
He's a werewolf with a very unsteady shaving hand?
Posted by: John McKay | August 22, 2007 5:10 PM
is it similar to whats happening to the wall in the background? Just a less viscous version?
More seriously, is it to do with the most common parts of the face people aim pea shooters at?
Posted by: Austin | August 22, 2007 5:10 PM
An experiment to see how any spitballs thrown at his face he can tolerate before becoming angry?
Seriously, my guess is some type of facial motion tracking.
Posted by: Sandra | August 22, 2007 6:32 PM
Unfortunate exploding hole punch incident?
Posted by: Ben D | August 22, 2007 7:02 PM
"has to do with psychology" could be a red herring or a clue.
computer recognition of facial expression, if red herring.
minimal data required for human recognition of facial expression if valid clue.
Posted by: Drugmonkey | August 22, 2007 7:28 PM
That's some serious home-grown hardware. Look at those macs! And the chair! Maybe they're doing a study on what it would feel like to do face-rec in the 1980s if the person responsible for organizing the experiment not only possessed race-rec technology packed into hardware casings of his/her own time, but was also really drunk.
(non-sideburns)
Posted by: Brad | August 22, 2007 7:58 PM
1. spit wads
2. unfortunate shaving cream explosion
3. water torture using milk
Posted by: kate.seip | August 22, 2007 8:19 PM
He tried to drink milk straight from the cow?
Posted by: Saurabh | August 22, 2007 11:07 PM
Uhmmm... they painted his fingertips to see if he touched his face while typing?
Ok, had to try...
Posted by: Maria | August 23, 2007 12:17 AM
He's almost finished being beamed down by Scotty. (Looks like he came through a 20-year time warp.)
Posted by: hip hip array | August 23, 2007 12:45 AM
He's a tester for a new electric toothbrush: the top speed is still a little too high.
Posted by: hip hip array | August 23, 2007 12:49 AM
Wouldn't facial recognition benefit from more points around the eyes? And maybe fewer around the nose? Perhaps the measurement is skin temperature changes with altered blood flow due to changes in emotion.
Posted by: hip hip array | August 23, 2007 12:55 AM
Ok its 'Tomorrow' wheres the answer?
Posted by: Austin | August 23, 2007 11:15 AM