10/02/2007

Mutating Faces

Boingboing turned me on to this cool timewaster yesterday. It's at mutatingpictures.com. You rate pictures based on how much they look like human faces. The site started with a screen full of random triangles but, those that get higher votes have more offspring (asexual reproduction). By lunchtime today, many of the pics have a sort of Cartoon Samurai look. I can't wait to see how it looks by tommorrow. Even this morning, most of the faces had eyes that were a single black triangle. But now, at lunch time, outlined eyes are beginning to appear. It's really wild. Check out these screen caps - an initial image at left, and a recent one at right. Dramatic improvement in faciness in just one day!
UPDATE: A second set of faces and a set of animals is now cycling through the site. Check it!

1 comment:

Shevy said...

I'd like to thank you for another way to waste time!!!

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