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Facial Expression Analysis Over the Web

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This work builds on our earlier work with FaceSense, created to help automate the understanding of facial expressions, both cognitive and affective. The FaceSense system has now been made available commercially by Media Lab spinoff Affectiva as Affdex. In this work we present the first project analyzing facial expressions at scale over the Internet. The interface analyzes the participants' smile intensity as they watch popular commercials. They can compare their responses to an aggregate from the larger population. The system also allows us to crowd-source data for training expression recognition systems and to gain better understanding of facial expressions under natural at-home viewing conditions instead of in traditional lab settings.