Like to relax over an online game? Carnegie Mellon has developed the addictive, useful ESP Game where you anonymously collaborate with a random other person to come up with words that describe an image they display on the screen.
Why did they create this game which has already collected 1 million labels?
“Having proper labels associated to each image on the Internet would allow for very accurate image search, would improve the accessibility of the Web (by providing word descriptions of all images to visually impaired individuals), and would help users block inappropriate (e.g., pornographic) images from their computers. ” (read more)
Now Google has adapted it, in a similarly fun way. So the next time you want to take a break to sharpen your mind while having fun try out these image labelers!
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