Recognizr: social facial recognition

A next logical step in the ensuing construction of the semantic web, Recognizer is a (currently) Android only app that , upon pointing your (android device of choice’s) camera at another persons face, informs you just exactly who they are.

Now here’s the cool part – as soon as this happens, a series of augmented reality spinning icons appear in midair around the subject’s face -  each one a link to a social networking service that they’ve signed up for – and simply pressing one of them immediately takes you to their profile page (security settings notwithstanding). As of right now, it’s only working with people who’ve signed up with the Recognizr application, but it’s easy to imagine a future where adding contacts to all your social media sites is as simple as pointing and clicking.

Recognizr hasn’t been released yet, but you can see videos of it in action here. Cheers was right – the future really is a bar where everyone knows your name…