IBM Watson Visual Recognition API

Watson Vs OpenCV

Watson

• Set of APIs
• Comes with pre-packaged models
  • Identity, faces, age, gender
  • Celebrities & food
• Can create custom classifiers quickly
• Not good for real-time video
• Scalable, but expensive

OpenCV

• Python package
• Comes with pre-packaged modules
  • Faces, eyes
• Can create custom classifiers, but with more difficulty
• Can handle real-time videos
• Learning curve
• Bugs, but free