I have excellent wig-dar, but I know this isn’t a gift given to the masses. There are poor souls out there who would tremble at the thought of having to distinguish between real and fake facial hair, and that just makes me sad whenever it crosses my mind. Imagine going on a blind date with someone and just not knowing whether they’re wearing a wig. No one should ever be in this position!
It’s what made me cross over from a web design course to an app design course, so great was my empathy for these fictional, hypothetical people. Nay, I said to myself…who better to design such a thing than me, with my knowledge of both fake hair and computer wizardry? No one is better. I had to be the one. So I got to work, designing an algorithm that would eventually be inserted into an app. Actual design of the aesthetics wasn’t really my forte, so I got some of my fellow students in the course to do that kind of thing, and eventually we came up with something that would change the world, probably, or at least a very small portion of it. It was called ‘Wigdar’ because that’s what people will be searching for.
Imagine you’re going on a date. The person is just your type, and the evening starts with a bang as you both order the jalapeno salad for starters. But something is bothering you…their hair just doesn’t quite match up. It could just be the way their hair is, or…something more. All you have to do is take out your phone, get into the app and search for one of their social media profiles. The algorithm will search their photos for signs of falsehood, eventually displaying a percentage likelihood. Though there in an in-app disclaimer stating that wigs are perfectly acceptable in some cases. Still, I feel that people have the right to know if they wish. See, this is why that Melbourne app development course was totally worth it. I’m changing the world! Sort of.
-Richmond
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