A man demonstrates how his HP webcam fails to track his face during a video.
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Desi: All right. Wanda: Explain. Desi: My co-worker Wanda and I are sitting in front of an HP MediaSmart computer. Uh, state-of-the-art computer, wouldn't you say? Wanda: I'd say. Desi: We're using the face-tracking software, so it's supposed to follow me as I move. I'm black. I think my blackness is interfering with the computer's ability to to follow me. As you can see, I do this, no following. Not really, not really following me. I back up, I get really, really close to try to let the camera recognize me. Not happening. Now, my white co-worker Wanda is about to slide into frame. You will immediately see what I'm talking about. Wanda, if you would, please? Wanda: Sure. Desi: Now, as you can see, the camera is panning to show Wanda's face. It's following her around, but as soon as my blackness enters the frame, which I I will I will sneak into the frame. I'm sneaking in, I'm sneaking in. I'm in there. Wanda: That's it, it's over. Desi: And there we go, it's it's stopped. My hands are here, Wanda, please get back in the frame. Get back in. It's as as soon as white Wanda appears, the camera moves. Black Desi gets in there. Oh, nope! No face recognition anymore, buddy! I'm going on record, and I'm saying it. Hewlett-Packard computers are racist. I said it. Wanda: Hold on. Desi: And the worst part is I bought one for Christmas. I hope my wife doesn't see this YouTube video, but I bought the same computer and we can't even use. Look, it's not following me. It's not, Wanda, get back in the frame. Wanda: It follows me wherever I go. Desi: I welcome responses to why the HP webcam does not pick up negroes.
