Real-Time Facial Recognition with Python

Victor Murcia
4 min readJan 9, 2023

One of the first computer vision projects I remember being really stoked about was object detection. More specifically, face detection. The excitement I felt when I was able to extend what I had just learned to detect objects in real time was palpable. I remember calling my mom and my sister to try out my program once I got it working and I was positively beaming. This is a quick post showcasing how to write a real-time face/eye tracking routine in Python with OpenCV and a webcam.

Facial Recognition

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