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The Quick Draw API — which uses Google Cloud Endpoints to host a Node.js API, Jonas explained — provides access to the same 50 million files ... Skiptomaincontent VentureBeatHomepage Events GamesBeat DataPipeline Transform2022 AccountSettings LogOut BecomeaMember SignIn VentureBeatHomepage TheMachine MakingsenseofAI VentureBeat AR/VR BigData Cloud Commerce DataDecisionMakers Dev Enterprise Entrepreneur Marketing Media Mobile Security Social Transportation Follow followusonTwitter followusonFacebook followusonLinkedIn FollowusonRSS TheMachine AI MachineLearning ComputerVision NaturalLanguageProcessing RoboticProcessAutomation Follow FollowusonRSS GamesBeat Games Esports PCGaming Follow followusonTwitter FollowusonRSS Events Upcoming MediaPartner Webinars General Newsletters Gotanewstip? Advertise PressReleases GuestPosts ContributetoDataDecisionMakers Deals DataPipeline Jobs VBLab About Contact PrivacyPolicy × JointheVentureBeatCommunity Free:JointheVentureBeatCommunityforaccessto3premiumpostsandunlimitedvideospermonth. LearnMore Signupwithyourbusinesse-mailtocontinuewithticketpurchase Pleasewait... Share ShareonFacebook ShareonTwitter ShareonLinkedIn VentureBeatHomepage SocialLinks Newsletters Events Profile GamesBeatSummit2022returnswithitslargesteventforleadersingamingonApril26-28th.Reserveyourspothere! Youcantellalotaboutapersonbythewaytheydoodle.That’stheconceitbehindQuickDraw,aninteractivewebexperimentlaunchedbyGoogle’sCreativeLabinNovember2016.Itrecruitsintrepidwebsurferstoillustratepromptswithsketches,allthewhileleveragingartificialintelligence(AI)toattempttoidentifywhatwasdrawn—sortoflikeahigh-techversionofPictionary. QuickDraw hascollectedmorethan1billiondrawingsacross345categories,50millionofwhichGoogleopen-sourcedlastyear—completewithmetadata,includingpromptsandgeographicaluserlocations.Today,it’smakingthemavailablethroughGoogleCloudPlatform(GCP)intheformofanAPIandanaccompanyingPolymercomponent.(Polymer,fortheuninitiated,isanopensourceJavaScriptlibraryforbuildingwebapplications.) Startingthisweek,anyGCPcustomerwhojoinsthepublicGoogleGroup canaddtheAPItotheirlibrarybysearchingforitandaddingittoaproject. WiththePolymercomponent, doodlescanbedisplayedinaweb-basedappwithasinglelineofcode. “Whenwereleasethe dataset,itwasbasicallya fileforeveryoneofthe345categories,and itwasalittlebit cumbersome toworkwith,” NickJonas,creativetechnologistatGoogle’sCreativeLab,toldVentureBeatinaphoneinterview. “Alotofthesestudiesthathavebeendoneoverthepastyeararelargeanalysesontheentiredataset.Wegotsomefeedbackfromdeveloperswhosaidtheywantedaneasierwaytoprototypewiththedataquickly.” Above:AddingtheQuick,Draw!APItoaprojectinGoogleCloud.ImageCredit:Google TheQuickDrawAPI—whichusesGoogleCloudEndpoints tohostaNode.jsAPI,Jonasexplained—providesaccesstothesame50millionfilescontainedintheoriginaldataset,butobviatestheneedtodownloadthemintheirentirety.ItreturnsaJSONobjectoranHTMLcanvasrenderingforeachdrawing—onedoodle. “It’sawayforusersnottohavetodownloadgigsandgigsofdatabeforetheycanstartplayingwithit,”Jonassaid. Therearesurprising insightstobegleanedfromthedata.AstudybyQuartzinJunefoundthat86percentofU.S.playersdrewcirclescounterclockwise,while80percentofJapanesedrewthemclockwise.(Thedifference,thepublicationfound,canbeattributedtothetop-left-to-bottom-rightstrokeorderinJapanesewriting.)Meanwhile,aninternalsurveyoutofGoogleResearchdiscoveredthatusersfromWesterncountriestendtodoodlefishfacingtheoppositedirectionfromthosedrawnby Asianusers. Thedataset’salsobeenusedcreatively.BritishartistNeilMendozausedaface-trackingalgorithmtoapplyQuickDrawsketchesatopahumanhead,andGerman-basedcomputerscientistDeborahSchmidttappedasubsetof300,000randomdoodlestofillinlettertemplateswithcollages. Above:NeilMendozamappingQuickDrawfacialfeaturestoahumanface.ImageCredit:NeilMendoza Inthefuture,theteamisconsideringmigratingthedoodlestoadatabase,whichwouldaffordfine-grainaccesscontrol.Intheory,userswouldbeableto performquerieslike“GivemearecognizeddrawingfromChinainMarch2017.” “Ijustwanttoencouragepeopletouse[thedataset]innewwaysandto contributeandseehowthiscanpossiblyexpand,”Jonassaid.“Ijustwanttoencouragedeveloperstoplaywithit.” VentureBeat'smissionistobeadigitaltownsquarefortechnicaldecision-makerstogainknowledgeabouttransformativeenterprisetechnologyandtransact.Learnmoreaboutmembership. Author KyleWiggers Topics AI BigData Cloud Dev Mobile Transform2022RegistrationisLive Hearfromseniorexecutivesatsomeoftheworld’sleadingenterprisesabouttheirexperiencewithappliedData&AIandthestrategiesthey’veadoptedforsuccess. RegisterHere Transform2022 JoinAIanddataleadersforinsightfultalksandexcitingnetworkingopportunitiesin-personJuly19andvirtuallyJuly20-28. RegisterNow JoinforceswithOHUB&VBtoinclude&hire1,000BIPOCstudentsatSXSW Sponsor&hire × Wemaycollectcookiesandotherpersonalinformationfromyourinteractionwithour website. Formoreinformationonthecategoriesofpersonalinformationwecollectandthepurposesweuse themfor, pleaseviewourNoticeatCollection.