How it works
Artigo is another site that, like Labelme, Peekaboo, and steve.museum, is geared toward using the collective intelligence of internet users to gather data that will improve image search functionality. Artigo is most like steve.museum in being semantically oriented. As at steve.museum, you provide your own tags for the image that is presented. Artigo’s image database contains 15,000 images and is set up at the University of Munich. But there are several refinements that make Artigo game-like, and arguably more effective in obtaining valid results.
Artigo - Mid Game
Each game session is timed; the players have 5 minutes. The number of pictures reviewed is a function of how quickly the players agree to move on to the next one. Generally you see 5-7 images per game. There are TABOO words, ones that have already been associated with the image. These appear below the image in RED. Players must dig deeper to find appropriate tags.
The more taboo words there are for an image the more points you earn for the tags you provide. Most importantly your tag is accepted only if you and your partner have both provided it, thus weeding out the chaff.
As you play a countdown of the seconds remaining appears at the top, and your points up to that point on the bottom right. You can see how many words your partner has selected, they appear as BLUE dots on the left, but not what they are. But when the game is over, each image is shown again with artist, title and date identified.
You also see the tags given by your partner and yourself, and any that agree are shown in YELLOW. They are the ones that you get credit for. Of course you get your final score as well.
Artigo also offers a monetary inducement to play. [click to continue…]
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