Most of us are barely getting used to our cameras being able to figure out who’s in our pictures based on past pictures and tagging. Now, in a recent patent filing, Google suggests it might bring facial recognition to videos. I feel sorry for all you future kids uploading what you think are funny videos. It’s one thing to anonymously dance like a chicken, but that’s probably not going to help you 10-15 years down the road when you’re trying to land a job. Unless, of course, that job is a sports team mascot.

Engadget reports on the technology:

its technique uses video frames to generate clusters of face representations that are attached to a given person. By knowing what a subject looks like from various angles, Google could then attach a name to a face whenever it shows up in a clip, even at different angles and in strange lighting conditions.

The article also speculates on what this could mean for Project Glass, Google’s upcoming line of computer-embedded glasses. Imagine walking into a party wearing a pair of the glasses knowing everybody’s name in the room.