Most people in the U.S. probably haven't heard of this app, even though it's been around since 2008. It just released in the U.S. and starting to go hashtag viral.
It uses facial recognition and AR to make your selfies beautiful/creepy, similar to Snapchat lenses. For example:
Love this - I have officially achieved mermaid status
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Is the demo video really making this guys eyes more "western"? Yikes. Also, I don't think anyone in the west wants to look like Anime, but I may be wrong.
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@jon_tavarez Yeah that's definitely what happened there!
@aykut_karaalioglu thanks! Cool site by the way - how do you come up with the estimates?
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Security and privacy experts raise questions about viral selfie app Meitu's app permissions like GPS, call and carrier info, more that are unrelated to core use ...
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@appsapp I wonder how many apps on my phone are harvesting my IMEI for questionable purposes?
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