In December, Google added another innovative feature to the app: a “Pocket Gallery” that employs augmented reality to bring all 36 of the great Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer’s masterful paintings to you. The app also offers the ability to see art that you may not be able to see in person, by browsing museum collections or taking virtual tours. Though it’s been around since 2016, the multifaceted Google Arts & Culture app shot to the top of iOS and Android charts early last year when its developers added a tool that connects art history with the zeitgeist: the “Art Selfie.” The feature uses artificial intelligence and facial-recognition software to match your face with art-historical doppelgangers (not unlike PopSugar’s more recent Twinning app that pairs people with their celebrity lookalikes).
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