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HP Face Tracking Camera Doesn't Track Black Faces?

By cwalters December 21, 2009

If you want to take advantage of this HP web cam’s face tracking feature and you’ve got dark skin, you’d better, I dunno, sprinkle glitter on your cheeks first or something. The software doesn’t seem to be able to recognize you otherwise.



“HP computers are racist” [YouTube] (Thanks to Bernd and everyone who sent this in!)

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