Which Korean Celebrity Do You Look Like?

Yet another Korean app is going global. The popular 푸딩얼굴인식 (Pudding Face Recognition) is now available inChinese,EnglishandJapaneseversions.

In English the app is called "Korean Celeb Face Match" and it does just about what you'd expect for app by that name. Upload a picture taken with your phone's camera and the app shows you the five Korean celebrities you most closely resemble. It also attempts to determine your age and sex, but its abilities in this regard fall far short of the highly trained professionals employed as age guessers at carnivals around the world.

This app is huge in Korea claiming 9 million installs on iPhone and Android platforms. However, it's not clear if the developer, an arm of Korea's largest cell phone carrier, KT, sees an actual market opportunity or if this is merely a test to see if they can develop apps for other languages and markets. Korean television dramas, movies and musical acts arepopular across Asia, turning Korean heartthrobs into regional stars.

I tried the app and see the result I got! My age is a mystery but the app did get that I am a male. I do want to defend myself as I am definitely younger than 40.

Korean Celeb Face Match has a lot to live up to if it hopes to achieve success similar to other Korean apps that emigrated beyond the peninsula. TheoftcitedKakao Talkmessaging app now claims more than 25 million users globally.

About the author by Erik Cornelius

I've been a tech enthusiast for nearly my entire life and I exported myself from the US to the tech-savvy city of Seoul in 2005. Since then I've worked with a number of Korea's technology companies, large and small, helping them promote their products and brands around the world. When I'm not writing for this blog, you can find me biking along the Han River or taking pictures all over Korea.

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