Eyechat

[lambdaba]

Careful doing this as there's a risk of falling in love, as per this article: https://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/11/style/modern-love-to-fall...

[latexr]

https://archive.ph/20240808081029/https://www.nytimes.com/20...

[jimnotgym]

I think love has to be a state that can be worked towards. We wonder the earth (with apps) looking for that perfect person, today. But did noone fall in love in the past, when you had to make do with people from your own village?

[7bit]

I skimmed the article, so maybe that's why I didn't get it. But isn't the headline misleading? They didn't fall in love and there is no indication that doing all of what they did would make someone fall in love - that otherwise wouldn't have in the first place, no?

[miguelxt]

Another hit from Neal. I wonder (and envy, in a good way) where does he gets the time to work and all this wonderful little games.

[thornewolf]

there was a highly similar project to this on HN a few months ago.

his previous project (infinite craft) was one of the first things i ever heard people talk about wrt LLMs.

His skill is in execution. I think he finds inspiration from the people around him.

[namanyayg]

Same. Not just the time, where does he gets the ideas for these games.

Plus, his implementation in a few of them is really exhaustive and polished. Are there any "interns" helping him?

[amitlevy49]

Doesn't he do this full time?

[YounoYouno]

Nice try, aint' getting my biometrics this time!

[tharakam]

Exactly! lol

[brikym]

So this is what it's like dating in the middle east.

[IncreasePosts]

What we really need for this is on-screen cameras, so you can actually look someone in the eye. Now, you only look them in the eye when you look away from them at the camera. And when you look them in the eye you're just looking at their mouth.

[gojomo]

Ultimately it will likely be easier to simulate eye-contact with live restyling – that is, synthesizing the view from a virtual 'camera' using one or more other cameras nearby – than physically hide a true camera inside a monitor. (Simulation could also signal eye-contact with any point on the screen, not just a single camera location.)

Nvidia, Apple, & others already have software for this, which will only get better.

[jbullock35]

We’ve needed this – easy, direct eye contact – for quite a long time. I keep waiting for someone to develop it. I think that Apple has a relevant patent, but I don’t know how much content is in the patent, and I’ve never heard that Apple has done anything with it.

[qingcharles]

They're slowly coming to market:

https://www.androidauthority.com/under-display-selfie-camera...

[codezero]

I remember a Microsoft research paper that just digitally altered the iris and pupil to be facing towards the camera. I think this tech also exists in iPhones for FaceTime.

[davedx]

Ha for important meetings I look into the camera for this reason

[pcranaway]

To the people worried about their data being sent to google or whatever (I'm not sure what they're actually worried about) -- the extraction of your eyes is done client side, using a seemingly very well made ML model running on Tensorflow which fits in under 15mb.

The feed of your camera is transmitted "directly" to the person you're looking at (well, no, not really directly, it uses WebRTC, so your data passes through Neal's TURN server, but do you really think Neal wants to take care of properly storing your data and handing it off to advertisers?)

[hazn]

after eyechatting with 5 people:

* all people had brown eyes

* all went for funny looks immediately

* 3 of them were shocked and left

[dhruvagga]

Is this the new Omegele where the conversations can't happen? haha

[petargyurov]

I remember that someone posted a very similar project here some time ago.

[namanyayg]

Yes, had a deja vu moment there. I guess it was a similar game by someone else.

[BHSPitMonkey]

It's the eyebrow-inclination detection that really makes this a work of art. Being able to turn a serious stare into a serious aspect ratio is power I didn't know I needed.

[drdrey]

this is giving me massive anxiety

[noman-land]

For the shy and curious, you can use OBS as a virtual webcam. This is a good option. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ekQHJX9rMp8. Guy keeps winking at me and then rolling his eyes when the video doesn't respond.

[diimdeep]

I would love to read about tech details behind this.

[yesbut]

You all are comfortable just enabling your camera for some random site so it can capture your face?

[xandrius]

As much as I enjoy neal's little games, I'm not going to be trying this one, unfortunately.

[vzaliva]

You know, someone can also capture your face while you just walking on the street?

Given, the different people require different levels of privacy.

[arendtio]

No, I just went straight to the HN comments after seeing it requires camera permissions ;-)

[_the_inflator]

Yes, I had the same question popping up.

On a meta-level, this is the essence of social engineering: creating a seemingly harmless and fun distraction to get what you may really want.

"Consent to give me pictures of your face and movements" as a pop-up would probably spoil the fun a bit.

[archerx]

This site wants to share your cookies to at least 662 “venders” and they are being dishonest with the “legitimate interest” scam. The creator clearly does not care about nor respect their users/visitors.

[colejhudson]

yes

[muppetman]

Sure am. This site is a lot more trustworthy than the no doubt 100 cameras I walk past each day that capture my face without my permission.

[jsyang00]

sure, have you ever gone outside? thousands of cameras everywhere in any populated place, so why not?

[moralestapia]

Yes, I am.

[unsupp0rted]

Why worry? It only captures the eyes.

[darajava]

Why do you care? You likely give your entire life story to Google? What do you think he’s going to do with your face data?

[petepete]

The name took me back to a video chat programme I remember using with my friends in the very early 2000s called Eyeball Chat.

[namanyayg]

It's not working for me at all, did it get hugged to death?

I just see a black screen with "Eyes from $LOCATION" under it.

[zikduruqe]

"Got Eem" - Worldcoin

*for those that aren't familiar with Worldcoin.... https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/07/technology/worldcoin-iris...

[bot0047]

Congrats! Your eyes are ours now. - them

[bun_terminator]

Suure some random site that hijacks your back button, doesn't talk at all what it is and wants my camera permissions

[ferguu_]

exactly! a little explanation please? i dont turn my camera on for just anything!!! who am i chatting with - the nsa?

[umeshram]

Funny

[MaxikCZ]

This is actually pretty neat.

[dbg31415]

This is great!