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Approaching new people in events is really daunting and having some information beforehand (such as interests/pronouns) helps get the conversation started.
The android app is a 2 part application - registration and search. Users first register themselves on our database providing a picture of themselves, their name, and a few of their interests. Using the search functionality, users can scan the area for anyone that has registered in the app. If a person's face is recognized in the search, their information will be displayed on screen!
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The entire app uses Android Studio, XML, and Java. The registration functionality relies on Google Cloud Firebase, and the search functionality uses Microsoft Azure Face API.
Because Firebase returns data asynchronously, it was challenging to work with calls to Firebase and threads.
- Getting data properly from Firebase
- Consistent facial verification between database photos and Microsoft Azure
- How to work with APIs from both Google and Microsoft
- Building Android applications
Larger scaling/better performance, display information in AR