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		rhaps0dy on Jan 14, 2016 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: A Canvas Made of Pixels Do you think a camera would be precise enough? This looks pretty awesome.

gmac on Jan 14, 2016 [–]

I had a quick go at this a few months back using Apple's CIDetector[1], and even at 'high' accuracy that didn't seem precise enough — it was distractingly jiggly.

[1] [CIDetector detectorOfType:CIDetectorTypeFace context:nil options:@{CIDetectorAccuracy: CIDetectorAccuracyHigh, CIDetectorTracking: @YES}]

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