Ever wondered how your phone knows you're smiling?
Face and expression recognition is one of the most engaging—and accessible—applications of AI. In this code-along, you'll build a playful, real-time application that detects your facial expressions and matches them to memes, picking up the fundamentals of face recognition along the way.
Kristel Cocoli, Technical Content Creator at JetBrains, walks you through detecting facial features, interpreting expressions, and mapping them to meaningful outputs—connecting computer vision with a fun, interactive user experience.
Whether you're new to computer vision or just want a creative project to sharpen your skills, this session is a hands-on introduction to one of AI's most approachable domains.
Key Takeaways
- Build a real-time computer vision application from scratch.
- Learn how AI face recognition detects and interprets facial expressions.
- Create a fun meme-matching system that connects computer vision with user experience.




