Face Off

Inspiration

Wanted to make a dance dance revolution game using a persons facial expressions to hit the notes. This would make for some hilarious vidoes of people looking silly.

What it does

We had to scale back due to time, so it is essentially a Simon Says game with facial expressions such as winking, blinking, and smiling.

How we built it

We built it using android studio. We took the Google example code for face detection and built upon the basic tutorial code they gave to build our game.

Challenges we ran into

We ran into a lot of challenges with the ins and outs of android development. We did not have any prior knowledge of any aspect other than basic java. Figuring out how to coordinate the Activities, layouts, and manifests was particularly difficult.

Accomplishments that we're proud of

We developed a working stand alone app that does not seem to crash and only has minor bugs such as getting confused by multiple faces. We even made a beautiful logo that makes the game not only fun but also look pretty too.

What we learned

We learned tons about android development and general software development. Our experience was in Data Science and Analytics. Neither of us had made an application before. It was interesting learning about the development process and extremely exciting to see a stand alone product.

What's next for Face Off

Next I would like to actually make the dance dance revolution knockoff with music and notes. We also need to improve the detection speed of different facial expressions since there is a slight lag at the moment. I think a ton of interesting games could be made using these controls.

Built With

• android-studio