Mediapipe: Make the visualizer open source

[szandara]

Hello

The visualizer is a great tool but since it's hosted on the cloud lots of companies would not really be able to use it for development because of infosec policies. Could you release the code in order to allow developers to run it locally safely?

Thanks

[mgyong]

We do not have plans to open source visualizer. We are constantly improving the feature set of the visualizer. The visualizer should not be blocked from access by infosec policies.

[szandara]

Then, as a customer how can I be sure that my algorithm design is not made visible to people inside Google?

[khelkun]

@mgyong I wish I could use MediaPipe in a web application as your visualizer, but appart from the "MediaPipe on the Web" article I have not so much clues about how I could achieve this.
Do you please know how I could get some help to achieve my own web integration of MediaPipe?

[khelkun]

@mgyong I guess the #459 thread is actually answering my question

[khelkun]

@mgyong Could the following article be mentioned on in the github README of mediapipe and eventually in the documentation?
https://blog.tensorflow.org/2020/03/face-and-hand-tracking-in-browser-with-mediapipe-and-tensorflowjs.html

[brucechou1983]

@szandara Since the pipeline is described in a .pbtxt file, you can use Netron to visualize it.

[szandara]

@brucechou1983 Thanks a lot, it's a very good tip!