Photo: Ekaterina Shtukin
«VKontakte” launched an analogue of the popular photoappendices Prisma, which allows you to turn your photos into paintings. Development of social network called Vinci. It appeared in the social network account on iOS and Android platforms.
The application for “VKontakte” did the development team with the support of the social network administration. Photoappendices Vinci allows one-touch improve photos – this user needs to take a photo or choose from your photo gallery image. Next you need to select one of 10 filters: they retouch photos and “redraw” them in different artistic styles.
– As a team we have seven, and we were curious if it will make Vinci for 10 days, – says “Izvestiya” one of the developers Kirill Malev. – We made it. Imagine in 2016, anyone can become an artist. Without school preparation, even without the popular photo editor Photoshop. Science, supporting the largest social network in Europe, the sleepless nights – and ultimately everyone can a second look would look like the view from his window, if it drew Kandinsky.
Chief Operating Officer “VKontakte” Andrew Rogozov noted that the success of Prisma has confirmed the demand for such applications to users
-. «VKontakte» supports inspiring and innovative ideas, including from third-party developers – says Rogozov. – Since the training and the use of deep neural networks requires a lot of computing power, for the implementation of the project, we not only provide our own infrastructure, but also significantly expanded it. Thus, we provide the ability to scale on-going projects and invest in the development direction associated with the use of artificial intelligence.
Popular Prisma application that using a filter converts photos into paintings, was presented on June 11, but only for iOS-platform. According to Apple, the application was listed as the owner of Alexei Moiseenko, who at that time worked in the company Mail.Ru Group. Later Mail.Ru Group bought a stake in the project.
According to the analyst THEIR “Finam” Leonid Delitsina, Mail.Ru Group to evaluate the entire project is $ 1 million.
A mobile application for processing Prisma pictures became available for Android OS users only after a month and a half – 25 July. Now this photoappendices 38 filters.
According to the founder of the service bonus Me Teamo Andrey Burin success Prisma related to the fact that its developers are first able to adapt sophisticated technology for simple user and make it publicly available.
– «VKontakte” will be able to scale the project and make it a relatively popular in Russia, but Prisma still does not get around – Burin said. – They got wide popularity in the media. In addition, there is an experience of the same Facebook, which is trying to repeat the success of the growing popularity of applications, such as Snapchat, but could not.
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