Ensuring fair play by detecting and preventing profile alterations with Amazon Textract
AWS for Games Blog
This article discusses a solution to detect and prevent collusion in online multiplayer games where players share contact information through their profile pictures. The solution uses Amazon Textract to detect text in uploaded profile pictures, blur any detected text, and notify the game studio of potential collusion.
Specifically, the article covers:
- The architecture of the solution involving Amazon S3, AWS Lambda, Amazon Textract, and Amazon SNS
- Step-by-step instructions to deploy the solution using AWS SAM
- How the solution works when players upload new profile pictures
- Verifying the processed images with blurred text and receiving notifications
- Examples of original and processed images
- Cleaning up the deployed resources
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