Comparing Computer-Face-Based Emotion Recognition with Human Emotion Perception

This project is an interactive museum application that uses facial-gesture-based affect recognition. It was exhibited in the Exploratorium museum (California). The exhibit requires two simultaneous users: a subject and an observer. The subject is asked to complete certain computer-based activities while he is being recorded using a camera. The observer is asked to indicate each time that he thinks that the subject expresses a certain emotion. At the end of the experience, the exhibit shows a screen that displays the video of the subject and the opinion of both the observer and the computer.

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