ModiFace, a provider of augmented reality technology for the beauty and medical industries, unveiled an artificial intelligence (AI) based video editing technology that can realistically simulate skin transformations in live video. The new Skin AI technology, which has been created with the help of a panel of dermatologists, specifically detects individual skin concerns such as rosacea, dark spots, discolorations, dryness, uneven skin, and fine lines and is able to measure and assess each concern. From there, it can be used to simulate precise changes to the skin in real-time video, and provide before and after skin comparisons.

"Skin AI is the first scientifically validated technology that is created with the help of dermatologists to detect and simulate very specific elements of the skin. This will be a game changing technology for the skin-care industry, both for assessing the state of your skin and for visualizing the impact of potential skin care products," said Dr. Parham Aarabi, Founder/CEO of ModiFace.

Skin AI uses patent-pending machine learning technology that is based on specific observations and input from a group of dermatologists. A detailed scientific evaluation of Skin AI, which was found to have an accuracy comparable to that of skin experts, will be presented at the IEEE International Workshop on Multimedia Signal Processing in September 2016. A live demonstration of Skin AI is available for iOS devices at http://modiface.live and a video overview is available at https://youtu.be/jDV0Ey7Tt6k

For skin-care brands, Skin AI will be available as either a mobile app module capable of providing in-app skin assessment and clinically-accurate product visualizations on live video, or as a web-API capable of providing web-based skin assessment and product visualization on user photos. Currently, multiple skin brands are in the final stages of launching applications powered by ModiFace's Skin AI technology.