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Chris Messina

Google Arts & Culture - Take a selfie and see which historical artwork you resemble

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Meet the people, visit the places and learn about the events that shaped our world. Discover collections curated by experts from the most famous museums. Be moved by stories depicted in thousands of photos, videos, manuscripts and artworks on every type of screen and in virtual reality.

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Chris Messina
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Launching soon!
This is fun: take a selfie, see which historical artwork you resemble!
Product Pearson
@chrismessina not available in UK :(
E.T.Cook
@chrismessina Not available in US. Where, precisely, is it available?
Paul Red
@chrismessina not available in Ukarine
Itzel Yrev
@chrismessina not available in Mexico :(
Merlin Westphal
@chrismessina not available in Germany but I set my VPN to Washington and that worked.
# TOBI #
When will this selfie feature be available in Europe or Germany to be more precise? Does anyone know? Can't wait to try it.
Afanasiy Savvin
@tobioebel +1! Not available in Russia!
Uzoma Bailey Ayogu
Pretty smart way to get an insane amount more data on peoples faces and continue to train their systems w/o any push back. #Genius
Yarin Lidor

I don't understand what is so special about this app, recycling google database with another app and the main feature (why I tapped Install) is not working...

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Take a selfie and see which historical artwork you resemble

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Blocked for 90% of the countries.

Fabrice Thilaw
Alright. One question though. Google discriminating countries and regions from their products, is it for fun, or there is truly a reason to do that ? Because I don't understand.
Wesley Forlines
@thilawfab I have really no idea for sure, but I’m wondering if it stems from rights agreements with the museums, which have works indexed in the app. I’m guessing (hoping) surely this will change in the future, it’s not really Google’s brand to withhold public information.
Scott
@thilawfab it's probably around laws for facial recognition. It's not enabled for some countries for Google photos too.
Julien Ricard
@thilawfab I would answer that they always do that on the search also. Lucky (or not) users get the new version while others wait
Brenton House

WHY would you remove features for people that live in certain US States!?!!

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none

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features not available

Nick Abouzeid
Either way, this app is fun: either you find your identical twin from centuries ago, or Google's algorithm finds your next (absolutely terrifying) Halloween costume. 👻 Even celebrities from our favorite shows and brands are getting in on the action. 👀😂
jorge ribs

derp

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compiles info about art in one app

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features not available

Chris Zioutas
Please have #keanureeves take a selfie for this app..
Jenn Starr

I live in Austin, TX, which apparently is not worthy of the selfie feature.

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none

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The selfie feature is location based

John Ellis
Same here outside of DFW area. I thought I was losing my mind. My Instagram feed was showing so many of these that I caved and downloaded the app, but could not for the life of me find anything related to this feature.
Guillermo Gallardo
No available in Spain. Uninstall! Let me know when the selfie thing is ready worldwide.
Tony Brix
🔨 NAILED IT 🔨
cn
Should have been in the description that this is only available in the US :(
Yarin Lidor
Why all the buzz about the selfie feature and it is blocked for 90% of the world?!
Kunal Bhatia
The selfie comparison feature uses computer vision to compare you to portraits in museum galleries. Quite the hook to get you to explore the other areas of the app!
Jeff Osborn
I like all aspects of this, not just the selfie feature. Lots included to help people explore and learn.
Babajide Owosakin
Cool! but Selfie feature not available in Nigeria.
Jedrzej Urbanski

google why you don't like us?

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null

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not available in europe

Jerrod Belcher
I think it’s pretty neat bout to try it now..!
Kartik Iyer
Oh I so wish the selfie feature were available in India. I was speculating that my selfie would match with the scream. How would I ever know now?! 😱