Can software determine the aesthetic value of a photograph?
For best results, give Acquine a high-resolution color photo, at least 600x600 pixels. It will give the photo an unbiased rating between 0 and 100. There's a library of the photos people have already uploaded, and you check them out in rank order to see if the algorithm gives the same results you would have. It's definitely an interesting exercise, and a thought-provoking comment on the challenges of replicating human aesthetic judgments through software.
I don't know if this is a labor of love or merely the brainchild of four very gifted games designers, but Level Up is a really weird mash-up of gaming elements that you have probably never seen in a Flash game before.
Let's start with the premise itself: Groundhog Day meets Memento. The game experience revolves around 'days': you explore the world and the clock slowly ticks towards the evening. You bounce around picking up gems and talking to the denizens of 'Level Upland'. Eventually you feel tired and head back to ...
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Robert said 1:55PM on 5-21-2009
Yay! One step closer to cylons / terminators!
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Mattew A. said 10:06PM on 5-21-2009
This is a neat concept, but I tried it with a few stock photos which I considered to be of similar aesthetic value and the ratings were all over the place. It gave a beautiful one of a hurricane viewed from space a 40%!
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David said 9:07AM on 5-22-2009
I was surprised to see that a photo I submitted scored a 98.3. Not sure why
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rahulgupta_1983 said 2:17PM on 5-22-2009
The site contains sensuous photos far more in number than any other category of photos with aesthetic value.
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