Got a Look-Alike? iLookLikeYou Social Network Launches
How many times has someone come up to you and say, “I know someone who looks exactly like you!” Just yesterday I was at a car dealership and one of the service guys started talking to my wife, just as if he has known her for years. The problem is that my wife has never seen that guy before. He must have thought that he was talking to her look-alike.
Do you have a look-alike? Apparently we all do. Now we all have our chance to really find our look-alike with the new social network, iLookLikeYou.com.
Thanks to the recent technological advances in facial recognition technology (FRT) and the growing popularity of social networking websites, iLookLikeYou.com can help you find your look-alike too.
ILookLikeYou.com is a free social network where you upload a your photo (the front of you) and it will then be matched against other photos of other people in the community. Then, the top 10 look-alikes is displayed–along with your “match percentage”.
So, I took a shot at it and added my photo and went through the process. Based on the photos below, do you think I have a twin out there?
You can select which look-alikes you like best and put them on display on your profile page. You can also add alternative photos to your personal photo gallery. These photos can help other members decide how much of a look-alike you really are. After you have found your look-alikes, the benefits of a social network kick in. If you want, you can blog about your experience in finding your twin, you can participate in forums, or even contact friends or interact with other members.
The iLookLikeYou social network was created to find look-alikes around the world. But now, attention is being drawn to its potential for finding identical twins separated at birth…and to finding missing people. With the exponential growth of social networking and FRT’s innate ability for finding identical matches, it is really only a matter of time. Missing persons can be added to iLookLikeYou.com as easily as a new member.
The founders of iLookLikeYou.com, Wayne Adam and Kirk Johnson, both from Ontario, Canada, have created the network with member privacy in mind. The site only requires a username and an email address to join. It is very difficult for anyone to find a member if they do not have an exact username as their search feature will only pull up exact usernames and does not search for members by email addresses. Any other information you add is up to you.
Joining iLookLikeYou.com is fast and easy. Your search is over with the click of a button. With all the fun, ease of use, and security taken care of, make sure you drop by and give iLookLikeYou.com a try.
I went through the signup process, which was, in fact, pretty easy. Just make sure that you have a photo available or take out your webcam and take another one. If you would like to view my bhartzer profile, feel free to do so; would love it if you’d add me as a friend while you’re at it.
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Jul 2nd 2008
Interesting post! You have a lot of great ideas that I would like to implement on my own blog.
Mikael
http://shatteredparadigm.blogspot.com
Jul 3rd 2008
I heard that there are actually 10 people who look alike, though without blood relationship, in this world. In my country( or I believe this is a tactic used worldwide ) guys usually start the topic with a girl of interest by saying ” you look just like someone i know, have i met u before? ” , haha..should ask him to try out the website.
Jul 4th 2008
I think you have a chance to find your double. And somehow I think the other guy could be a police officer. I’m not sure why I think that, but I guess it’s the mustache
Jul 4th 2008
How do you do it? Very interested to know. Just through photos able to differentiate out the similarity of the faces, great work there! I will let my friends know about it, first time I came across this, awesome!
Jul 4th 2008
What a cool idea, this is the first time I have heard of this. I know my wife has told me many times there is a ‘twin; of mine living in the town we are are in.
Jul 5th 2008
With so many people in the world I guess there is a good chance that two or more people may have very similar characteristics. Probably the thing is the chance of comming across your double.
Jul 6th 2008
That’s an interesting idea for a website. From the pictures you have shown, the facial recognition software needs to improved upon.
Jul 7th 2008
What a great find! I’ve been approached many, many times by people saying “you look exactly like so and so”. It can get pretty annoying if it happens too often. But now I can check out this site and see if there really are doubles for me.
Jul 8th 2008
Hello,
What a cool idea, this is the first time I have heard of this. I know my wife has told me many times there is a ‘twin; of mine living in the town we are are in
Jul 8th 2008
We do 40 motorcycle shows annually and at almost half the shows someone says “Man, you look just like my friend, my brother or a movie star. I always “thank” them especially when they tell me I look like “Al Pacino”. I laugh and say “I sure wish I had his talent and $$$$.
Anyway, great idea.
Jul 10th 2008
I’m always getting told that I look exactly like the mini version of my mom, so this site would be fun for me to try out. I wonder how they developed software that can help you match yourself to someone that looks the same…
Jul 13th 2008
Bill , I don’t think that particular idea has a lot of future as far as a sustainable model, it is however the sort of concept that can have a short viral life , because it is true most of us have either been accused of looking like someone, or applauded for looking like someone ( not necessarily a positive at all )