by . jonathan o'callaghan . changing your own appearance in post-production , be it via photoshop or an array of filters , is becoming more commonplace . but users will soon be able to edit what they look like in real time , thanks to a new app set to be released for ios and android later this year . a 73-year-old woman died in front of horrified family members after she was knocked over by a canadian tourist while visiting the great wall of china . cui hongfang , from heilongjiang province in north-eastern china , hit the back of her head on a corner of the stone wall after she collided with the 38-year-old canadian woman . police have ruled the tragedy an accident , although they are still investigating the circumstances of the chinese woman 's death . called looksery , it uses tracking technology to change the user 's face live on the screen , whether it 's during a video call , or when taking a picture . scroll down for video . looksery is a new app set for release later this year on ios -lrb- august -rrb- and android -lrb- november -rrb- that enables you to change your appearance on the go . using some high-tech facial tracking technology , the app can alter your appearance , from changing the colour of your eyes to turning you into a zombie . the team behind the app are currently seeking funding on kickstarter to ensure it arrives on ios in august and android by november . ` we have developed our own code for video face tracking , and designed unique video filters which work in real-time , ' the team wrote on kickstarter . cui hongfang 's family told chinese media that the canadian tourist was running down steep steps . the victim 's husband told the beijing news that his wife was knocked over as the tourist ran down steps on a steep section of the wall on wednesday . he told the newspaper : ` the foreigner was moving really fast . she was chasing -lsb- someone -rsb- and laughing and wanted to go between me and my wife . ' mrs hongfang 's family members said she lost conscious immediately , was bleeding from her mouth , nose and ears , and stopped breathing shortly after she was knocked over on the mutianyu section of the great wall . they said the tourist ran further down the wall and then returned to the spot where the collision occurred . police in beijing have ruled cui hongfang 's death an accident , although they are still investigating . mrs hongfang 's family called police and paramedics , who did not arrive until approximately one hour later due to the remote location north of beijing . -lrb- cnn -rrb- -- singer kelly osbourne , the daughter of rocker ozzy osbourne , checked herself into `` a medical facility to address some personal issues , '' her london publicist confirmed friday . kelly osbourne is struggling with `` some personal issues , '' according to her spokeswoman . the british press association cited an unnamed source saying osbourne , 24 , is being treated at the hazelden retreat in oregon . `` kelly osbourne has voluntarily entered a medical facility to address some personal issues , '' spokeswoman caroline barrett said in a statement e-mailed to cnn . `` her family stands by and supports her . '' osbourne was jailed in london in january on a charge of assaulting a british newspaper gossip columnist at a london nightclub last summer . she was freed on bail . she 's been absent in recent weeks from a british radio talk show in which she dispenses life advice to young people . an official with the mutianyu great wall tourism services company told news website china.org.cn that the collision occurred in a ` blind spot ' within the cctv system , so there is no footage of it . the official said : ` we have rules and warnings for tourists , asking them not to chase each other , run fast or play around on the steep sections of the great wall . ' police decided not to charge the canadian woman after interviewing her and witnesses . mrs hongfang 's relatives were not pleased that the woman has not been charged with an offence such as involuntary manslaughter , and investigators advised them to file a civil lawsuit against the tourist , who has since returned to canada . ` the looksery app is programmed using c++ , glsl and asm and we use some of the features of the opencv library . ` our tracking and initialization algorithms are based on the active appearance model . ` currently we have five patents pending , involving real-time face-tracking and the technology that modifies it . her father , who rose to fame with the heavy metal group black sabbath , and mother sharon revealed nearly five years ago that kelly osbourne entered the promises rehab facility in malibu , california , for treatment of a painkiller addiction . their revelation came in an appearance on cnn 's `` larry king live '' in may 2004 . `` we just had to take evasive action very quickly , because the amount of pills that was found in her bag was astounding , '' ozzy osbourne told larry king . kelly osbourne gained fame as a teenager when her family opened up their lives to cameras for an mtv reality show `` the osbournes . '' she used the exposure to launch her own music career . ` the app has a user friendly interface and you can change your appearance with just a singe tap . ' aside from the aforementioned features , the app has a ` simple interface ' and social media sharing options . it is even able to track and alter a face when there are multiple people in the shot . to use the app , a user opens the app and points the camera at themselves . the face tracking software then builds a mapped ` model ' of that person 's appearance . along the bottom of the app there are 16 filters that can be applied to change the look of someone . these range from ` zombifying ' a person , to making them appear thinner . within the app the user can take an edited picture of themselves and send it to others . they can also take a video or make a live video call , altering their appearance on-the-go . additionally , there is a chat feature included , which lets people send images and videos to each other alongside text . ` the technology that drives looksery was built from scratch by our team , ' the company wrote . ` we are the first company to bring the full power of such complex face-tracking technology to mobile . ` this . means you can now do so much more than just adding a few generic . pictures or animations to your media ; it is the ability to completely . modify your appearance and exchange video messages as 3d characters . ` with looksery you can explore different filters that change entirely the way you look and enhance videos . ' there are 16 filters available that can be used to alter your face . there are several ways the app can be used , including taking a picture and sharing it with friends or making a live video call and changing your face as you talking . the app can also pick out one face from a crowd of many . making yourself look like a zombie is perhaps one of the scarier features of the app , and the effect is seemingly quite real . some of the other effects include making your face appear as an x-ray , turning yourself into a 3d animated bear , changing your neck shape and more .
kelly osbourne in `` medical facility to address some personal issues '' daughter of ozzy osbourne had been doing radio advice show . kelly osbourne first became known from mtv 's `` the osbournes ''
by . jonathan o'callaghan . changing your own appearance in post-production , be it via photoshop or an array of filters , is becoming more commonplace . but users will soon be able to edit what they look like in real time , thanks to a new app set to be released for ios and android later this year . a 73-year-old woman died in front of horrified family members after she was knocked over by a canadian tourist while visiting the great wall of china . cui hongfang , from heilongjiang province in north-eastern china , hit the back of her head on a corner of the stone wall after she collided with the 38-year-old canadian woman . police have ruled the tragedy an accident , although they are still investigating the circumstances of the chinese woman 's death . called looksery , it uses tracking technology to change the user 's face live on the screen , whether it 's during a video call , or when taking a picture . scroll down for video . looksery is a new app set for release later this year on ios -lrb- august -rrb- and android -lrb- november -rrb- that enables you to change your appearance on the go . using some high-tech facial tracking technology , the app can alter your appearance , from changing the colour of your eyes to turning you into a zombie . the team behind the app are currently seeking funding on kickstarter to ensure it arrives on ios in august and android by november . ` we have developed our own code for video face tracking , and designed unique video filters which work in real-time , ' the team wrote on kickstarter . cui hongfang 's family told chinese media that the canadian tourist was running down steep steps . the victim 's husband told the beijing news that his wife was knocked over as the tourist ran down steps on a steep section of the wall on wednesday . he told the newspaper : ` the foreigner was moving really fast . she was chasing -lsb- someone -rsb- and laughing and wanted to go between me and my wife . ' mrs hongfang 's family members said she lost conscious immediately , was bleeding from her mouth , nose and ears , and stopped breathing shortly after she was knocked over on the mutianyu section of the great wall . they said the tourist ran further down the wall and then returned to the spot where the collision occurred . police in beijing have ruled cui hongfang 's death an accident , although they are still investigating . mrs hongfang 's family called police and paramedics , who did not arrive until approximately one hour later due to the remote location north of beijing . -lrb- cnn -rrb- -- singer kelly osbourne , the daughter of rocker ozzy osbourne , checked herself into `` a medical facility to address some personal issues , '' her london publicist confirmed friday . kelly osbourne is struggling with `` some personal issues , '' according to her spokeswoman . the british press association cited an unnamed source saying osbourne , 24 , is being treated at the hazelden retreat in oregon . `` kelly osbourne has voluntarily entered a medical facility to address some personal issues , '' spokeswoman caroline barrett said in a statement e-mailed to cnn . `` her family stands by and supports her . '' osbourne was jailed in london in january on a charge of assaulting a british newspaper gossip columnist at a london nightclub last summer . she was freed on bail . she 's been absent in recent weeks from a british radio talk show in which she dispenses life advice to young people . an official with the mutianyu great wall tourism services company told news website china.org.cn that the collision occurred in a ` blind spot ' within the cctv system , so there is no footage of it . the official said : ` we have rules and warnings for tourists , asking them not to chase each other , run fast or play around on the steep sections of the great wall . ' police decided not to charge the canadian woman after interviewing her and witnesses . mrs hongfang 's relatives were not pleased that the woman has not been charged with an offence such as involuntary manslaughter , and investigators advised them to file a civil lawsuit against the tourist , who has since returned to canada . ` the looksery app is programmed using c++ , glsl and asm and we use some of the features of the opencv library . ` our tracking and initialization algorithms are based on the active appearance model . ` currently we have five patents pending , involving real-time face-tracking and the technology that modifies it . her father , who rose to fame with the heavy metal group black sabbath , and mother sharon revealed nearly five years ago that kelly osbourne entered the promises rehab facility in malibu , california , for treatment of a painkiller addiction . their revelation came in an appearance on cnn 's `` larry king live '' in may 2004 . `` we just had to take evasive action very quickly , because the amount of pills that was found in her bag was astounding , '' ozzy osbourne told larry king . kelly osbourne gained fame as a teenager when her family opened up their lives to cameras for an mtv reality show `` the osbournes . '' she used the exposure to launch her own music career . ` the app has a user friendly interface and you can change your appearance with just a singe tap . ' aside from the aforementioned features , the app has a ` simple interface ' and social media sharing options . it is even able to track and alter a face when there are multiple people in the shot . to use the app , a user opens the app and
by . jonathan o'callaghan . changing your own appearance in post-production , be it via photoshop or an array of filters , is becoming more commonplace . but users will soon be able to edit what they look like in real time , thanks to a new app set to be released for ios and android later this year . a 73-year-old woman died in front of horrified family members after she was knocked over by a canadian tourist while visiting the great wall of china . cui hongfang , from heilongjiang province in north-eastern china , hit the back of her head on a corner of the stone wall after she collided with the 38-year-old canadian woman . police have ruled the tragedy an accident , although they are still investigating the circumstances of the chinese woman 's death . called looksery , it uses tracking technology to change the user 's face live on the screen , whether it 's during a video call , or when taking a picture . scroll down for video . looksery is a new app set for release later this year on ios -lrb- august -rrb- and android -lrb- november -rrb- that enables you to change your appearance on the go . using some high-tech facial tracking technology , the app can alter your appearance , from changing the colour of your eyes to turning you into a zombie . the team behind the app are currently seeking funding on kickstarter to ensure it arrives on ios in august and android by november . ` we have developed our own code for video face tracking , and designed unique video filters which work in real-time , ' the team wrote on kickstarter . cui hongfang 's family told chinese media that the canadian tourist was running down steep steps . the victim 's husband told the beijing news that his wife was knocked over as the tourist ran down steps on a steep section of the wall on wednesday . he told the newspaper : ` the foreigner was moving really fast . she was chasing -lsb- someone -rsb- and laughing and wanted to go between me and my wife . ' mrs hongfang 's family members said she lost conscious immediately , was bleeding from the looksery app is programmed using c++ , glsl and asm and we use some of the features of the opencv library . ` our tracking and initialization algorithms are based on the active appearance model . ` currently we have five patents pending , involving real-time face-tracking and the technology that modifies it . her father , who rose to fame with the heavy metal group black sabbath , and mother sharon revealed nearly five years ago that kelly osbourne entered the promises rehab facility in malibu , california , for treatment of a painkiller addiction . their revelation came in an appearance on cnn 's `` larry king live '' in may 2004 . `` we just had to take evasive action very quickly , because the amount of pills that was found in her bag was astounding , '' ozzy osbourne told larry king . kelly osbourne gained fame as a teenager when her family opened up their lives to cameras for an mtv reality show `` the osbournes . '' she used the exposure to launch her own music career . ` the app has a user friendly interface and you can change your appearance with just a singe tap . ' aside from the aforementioned features , the app has a ` simple interface ' and social media sharing options . it is even able to track and alter a face when there are multiple people in the shot . to use the app , a user opens the app and points the camera at themselves . the face tracking software then builds a mapped ` model ' of that person 's appearance . along the bottom of the app there are 16 filters that can be applied to change the look of someone . these range from ` zombifying ' a person , to making them appear thinner . within the app the user can take an edited picture of themselves and send it to others . they can also take a video or make a live video call , altering their appearance on-the-go . additionally , there is a chat feature included , which lets people send images and videos to each other alongside text . ` the technology that drives looksery was built from scratch by our team , ' the company wrote . ` we are the first company to bring the full power of such complex face-tracking technology to mobile . ` this . means you can now do so much more than just adding a few generic . pictures or animations to your media ; it is the ability to completely . modify your appearance and exchange video messages as 3d characters . ` with looksery you can explore different filters that change entirely the way you look and enhance videos . ' there are 16 filters available that can be used to alter your face . there are several ways the app can be used , including taking a picture and sharing it with friends or making a live video call and changing your face as you talking . the app can also pick out one face from a crowd of many . making yourself look like a zombie is perhaps one of the scarier features of the app , and the effect is seemingly quite real . some of the other effects include making your face appear as an x-ray , turning yourself into a 3d animated bear , changing your neck shape and more .
by. jonathan o'callaghan. changing your own appearance in post, be via an array filters is becoming commonplace. but users soon edit what look, thanks set for ios and android later died front horrified family members knocked a canadian tourist visiting the great wall china. cui hongfang, from heilongjiang province hit the back on a corner the stone wall after collided the 38-year-old canadian woman. police ruled the tragedy, although the chinese woman 's death called looksery, it uses tracking technology change the user 's face live, whether during taking scroll. looksery is a new app set release later on ios -lrb- august -rrb- and android november that enables change your appearance. using some high-tech facial tracking technology, the app alter, from changing turning you the team behind the app are currently seeking on kickstarter ensure arrives ios in august android by november. ` we developed our own code video face tracking, designed unique video filters which work, ' the team wrote on kickstarter cui hongfang 's family told chinese media the canadian tourist running down steep steps. the victim 's husband told the beijing news that knocked as the tourist ran down steps on a steep section the wall on wednesday. he told the newspaper : ` the foreigner moving really. she chasing -lsb- someone and laughing and wanted go between me my wife. ' mrs hongfang 's family members said she lost conscious immediately, was bleeding nose ears stopped shortly knocked over on the mutianyu section the great wall they said the tourist ran further the wall returned the collision. police in beijing ruled cui hongfang 's death, although they. mrs hongfang 's family called police paramedics, did arrive approximately one due the remote location north beijing -lrb- cnn -rrb- -- singer kelly osbourne, the daughter rocker ozzy osbourne checked herself `` a medical facility to address, '' her london publicist confirmed friday. kelly osbourne is struggling `` some personal issues, '' according her spokeswoman. the british press association cited osbourne, 24, being treated at the hazelden retreat oregon `` kelly osbourne has voluntarily entered a medical facility address some personal issues, '' spokeswoman caroline barrett e cnn. `` her family stands and supports. '' osbourne was jailed london january on assaulting a british newspaper gossip columnist at summer. she freed. she 's been absent in a british radio talk show in dispenses life advice. an official with the mutianyu great wall tourism services company told news website the collision a ` blind spot within the cctv system, so no footage. the official said : ` we rules warnings tourists, asking chase each, run fast play around on the steep sections the great wall. ' police decided the canadian woman interviewing witnesses. mrs hongfang 's relatives were not pleased that the woman has not such involuntary manslaughter, investigators advised the tourist, returned canada ` the looksery app programmed using c++, glsl asm and we use some. ` our tracking and initialization algorithms the active appearance model. ` currently we five patents, involving real-time face-tracking the technology modifies it. her father, rose the heavy metal group black sabbath mother sharon revealed nearly five kelly osbourne entered the promises rehab facility malibu a painkiller addiction their revelation came an appearance cnn 's `` larry king live '' in may 2004. `` we just had take evasive action very, the amount pills was found her bag astounding, '' ozzy osbourne larry king. kelly osbourne gained fame a teenager her family opened their lives cameras for an mtv reality `` the osbournes. 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' aside the aforementioned features, the app a ` simple interface and social media sharing it even able track and alter a face when there the shot. to use the app, a user opens points themselves. the face tracking software then builds a mapped ` model that person 's appearance. along the bottom the app there 16 filters change someone. these range ` zombifying a person, making appear thinner. within the app the user take an edited picture themselves send others. they can also take a video make a live video call, altering their appearance on-. additionally, there a chat feature included, people send images alongside text. ` the technology drives looksery was built from our team, ' the company wrote. ` we the first company bring the full power such complex face-tracking technology mobile. ` this. means you now do so adding a few generic. pictures or animations to your media ; it the ability completely. modify your appearance exchange video messages as 3d characters. ` with looksery you explore different filters that change entirely and enhance videos. 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august and android by november . ` we have developed our own code for video face tracking , and designed unique video filters which work in real-time , ' the team wrote on kickstarter . cui hongfang 's family told chinese media that the canadian tourist was running down steep steps . the victim 's husband told the beijing news that his wife was knocked over as the tourist ran down steps on a steep section of the wall on wednesday . he told the newspaper : ` the foreigner was moving really fast . she was chasing -lsb- someone -rsb- and laughing and wanted to go between me and my wife . ' mrs hongfang 's family members said she lost conscious immediately , was bleeding from her mouth , nose and ears , and stopped breathing shortly after she was knocked over on the mutianyu section of the great wall . they said the tourist ran further down the wall and then returned to the spot where the collision occurred . police in beijing have ruled cui hongfang 's death an accident , although they are still investigating . mrs hongfang 's family called police and paramedics , who did not arrive until approximately one hour later due to the remote location north of beijing . -lrb- cnn -rrb- -- singer kelly osbourne , the daughter of rocker ozzy osbourne , checked herself into `` a medical facility to address some personal issues , '' her london publicist confirmed friday . kelly osbourne is struggling with `` some personal issues , '' according to her spokeswoman . the british press association cited an unnamed source saying osbourne , 24 , is being treated at the hazelden retreat in oregon . `` kelly osbourne has voluntarily entered a medical facility to address some personal issues , '' spokeswoman caroline barrett said in a statement e-mailed to cnn . `` her family stands by and supports her . '' osbourne was jailed in london in january on a charge of assaulting a british newspaper gossip columnist at a london nightclub last summer . she was freed on bail . she 's been absent in recent weeks from a british radio talk show in which she dispenses life advice to young people . an official with the mutianyu great wall tourism services company told news website china.org.cn that the collision occurred in a ` blind spot ' within the cctv system , so there is no footage of it . the official said : ` we have rules and warnings for tourists , asking them not to chase each other , run fast or play around on the steep sections of the great wall . ' police decided not to charge the canadian woman after interviewing her and witnesses . mrs hongfang 's relatives were not pleased that the woman has not been charged with an offence such as involuntary manslaughter , and investigators advised them to file a civil lawsuit against the tourist , who has since returned to canada . ` the looksery app is programmed using c++ , glsl and asm and we use some of the features of the opencv library . ` our tracking and initialization algorithms are based on the active appearance model . ` currently we have five patents pending , involving real-time face-tracking and the technology that modifies it . her father , who rose to fame with the heavy metal group black sabbath , and mother sharon revealed nearly five years ago that kelly osbourne entered the promises rehab facility in malibu , california , for treatment of a painkiller addiction . their revelation came in an appearance on cnn 's `` larry king live '' in may 2004 . `` we just had to take evasive action very quickly , because the amount of pills that was found in her bag was astounding , '' ozzy osbourne told larry king . kelly osbourne gained fame as a teenager when her family opened up their lives to cameras for an mtv reality show `` the osbournes . '' she used the exposure to launch her own music career . ` the app has a user friendly interface and you can change your appearance with just a singe tap . ' aside from the aforementioned features , the app has a ` simple interface ' and social media sharing options . it is even able to track and alter a face when there are multiple people in the shot . to use the app , a user opens the app and
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