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Google Allo has not been able to become a mainstream messaging app like its rivals WhatsApp, Messenger since it was launched. Google is still adding a lot of basic features in the app like the chat backup feature, which got it 50 million downloads lately.
Google has decided to along with the concept of Bitmoji, a popular app that creates cool avatars out of user's photograph and introduced a new feature in Allo that lets you turn your selfies into personalised cartoon stickers and emojis. It is currently rolling out on Allo on Android, while the iOS version will soon receive the feature.
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The functionality of generating stickers out of selfies is actually not new and has already been available on Bitmoji for some time now, Google's version uses a combination of neural networks and the work of artists, which have partnered with the company.
In a plain language, Google Allo will employ machine learning to map selfies to produce the colour, structure, and animations for the stickers. These stickers can be further customised as per the user's preference.
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In a research blog post, “To create an illustration of you that captures the qualities that would make it recognizable to your friends, we worked alongside an artistic team to create illustrations that represented a wide variety of features.
Artists initially designed a set of hairstyles, for example, that they thought would be representative, and with the help of human raters we used these hairstyles to train the network to match the right illustration to the right selfie." Google's Expressions Creative Director for Allo, Jennifer Daniel explains.
Keep in mind the perspective of gender irrelevance, and the inclusion of all races and colour, Google Allo creates stickers and emojis belonging to people of all races, gender, and colour.
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| Google Allo chat aap |
Shading more light on the advancement of machine learning and algorithms used for Google Allo's sticker creation technology, google executive refers to the concept of 'Uncanny Valley' which is the hypothesis that human replicas which appear almost, but not exactly, like real human beings "Rather than aim to replicate a person's appearance exactly, pursuing a lower resolution model, like emojis and stickers, allows the team to explore expressive representation by returning an image that is less about reproducing reality and more about breaking the rules of representation," Google executives notes while explaining how the company takes note of emotions rather than focusing on the visible physical appearances.
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