RealNetworks Incorporates AR Tag ID Into Facial Recognition Platform

“Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, RealNetworks emphasized the solution’s potential applications in healthcare settings, where the SAFR and AprilTag technologies could be used to quickly and effectively identify healthcare professionals throughout a given facility…”

RealNetworks has announced the EMEA launch of a biometric Augmented Reality identification solution.

The solution is primarily based on RealNetworks’ SAFR facial recognition platform, but also supports a special AR name tag system developed by researchers at the University of Michigan. Dubbed the “AprilTag”, the solution revolves around a badge with a QR code-like appearance that can be attached to a uniform, a mask, or another piece of protective equipment. When detected through an associated Augment Reality system, the badge can display data such as the name and position of the wearer.

The end result is an identification solution that allows end users to identify registered individuals with either SAFR facial recognition, the AprilTag, or both, enabling two-factor authentication.

In a statement announcing the solution, SAFR asserted that its facial recogntiion technology boasts of 99.87 percent accuracy while scanning subjects in under 50 milliseconds, according to testing with the National Institute for Standards and Technology. The company added that SAFR can identify individuals even if they’re wearing masks, hats, sunglasses, or makeup.

Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, RealNetworks emphasized the solution’s potential applications in healthcare settings, where the SAFR and AprilTag technologies could be used to quickly and effectively identify healthcare professionals throughout a given facility, allowing for things like the contactless opening of doors and passively recording entries and exits with respect to individual rooms within a facility.

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June 2, 2020 – by Alex Perala