You can detect and track faces in photos or webcam streams. Also you can calculate a head pose from a given picture. This allows you to place 2D or 3D objects onto a users head or enable users to control apps with head movements. Use it as a tool for interaction or as controller for an app. Whereever a face can be found it can be used for the mentioned purpose. No matter whether you look in the camera by yourself or hold up a photo of somebody.

We don't have restrictions so everybody can play around. You have to stick to the limitations of the SDK licenses, though. If you're planning on developing apps for third parties you need to contact us for permission first. If you intend on a commercial use there are licenses available for that as well. And finally if you are unsure whether the trial license applies to you please contact us.

The trial license can be used for personal purposes and non-commercial projects. This counts for developers who are not being compensated for their work with our API in any way. The trial license can be rejected and revoked by Tastenkunst at any time.

Both versions provide the same functionality. The trial version includes a branding, consisting of our logo and a trial license note in the menu. Please be aware of that if you use it. The logo has to be visible at all times and a link to our site has to be available. You are not allowed to cover the logo or remove the link to BRF.

Our downloadable SDK comes with a Flash SWC library and examples.

Using the SDK requires a good knowledge of Actionscript 3. Ideally you would need some IDE with the latest Flex installed. We deliver the examples as a FDT (Powerflasher Flash Development Tools) project.

For now Flare3D, Away3DLite and Away3D are supported.
We recommend Flare3D, for the neatless workflow.

Yes, we already have a working Molehill version. It will be released once the 3D Engines are fully ready for the new API.

No. If there are multiple people in the image, BRF locks onto one person only. You can seamlessly switch the tracked face if multiple people occur in the same picture by switching the faces that are in focus of the camera, though.

The quality of our tracking depends on multiple factors. In our extensive tests we have achieved solid results with multiple faces and images. And even though we can't guarantee perfect results for every face and every condition, you can still rely on a capable tracking in the vast majority of conditions.

It still works.

Yes. The main issue is the frame-rate of the camera. Webcams often lower frame-rates in dark conditions. Tracking with less than 10fps works, but not nearly as well as with better illumination. If the image is very dark or almost saturated white, then obviously there is not much the camera can “see” to track, however, if the face is partially covered the tracking is still fairly good.

No.

No, the user does not need any webcam. Faces can be detected on single images, too.

Neither of this is required. Every image will work, as long as a face of reasonable size can be found.