According to Beijing time on March 9, Google is developing a system called insight to help Google glasses identify each other according to clothing, glasses, etc. With insight, users of Google glasses can easily find friends in airports, gymnasiums and other places with high traffic, and display friends' names and other information on the glasses screen. This feature is very similar to the detector that can identify the identity and signs of life in the classic Japanese animation "Dragon Ball".
It is reported that the developers of insight are srihari nelakuditi, assistant professor of computer science and engineering at the University of South Carolina, and three colleagues from Duke University. However, the system creates' visual fingerprints' based on what people are currently wearing. Once the other party changes clothes or glasses, insight can no longer identify them. This means that such a 'visual fingerprint' only applies to one day or one night, but it also means that people's privacy will be protected for a long time. Through this system, users can use smart phone applications to take their own photos and create visual fingerprints. The app then creates a file that records the color and style of the user's dress. Then, Google glasses will use this information to confirm the user.
Of course, face recognition technology can already be used for identity recognition. However, insight can realize remote recognition, or recognition from the back. In the early test, the system performs well. In the test of 15 volunteers, insight's recognition rate reached 93%, even though the volunteers turned their backs to Google glasses.