Today’s Fun Friday theme at iostudio was “Bow Ties & Tiaras.” For those that had neither or that didn’t get the memo, I created a Virtual Bow Tie machine and set it up at the gathering. It was built with Processing and the OpenCV Library. The app detects frontal faces and adds a bow tie to the image in real-time. The photos below were taken with an IR remote using a combo of Sofa Control and custom Applescript. There’s no video of the VBT machine in action, but you can download the VBT app and see it for yourself.

Requirements:
A decent machine equipped with a web cam and some good lighting. Make sure your entire face is in the frame.
Download the Virtual Bow Tie for Mac, Windows, or Linux.