# 09 - Face Detection and Recognition: MediaPipe and Beyond

Complete guide to Face Detection and Recognition: MediaPipe and Beyond: architecture, practical implementation and best practices for developers and technical teams.

## What you'll learn

- Face detection vs face recognition pipeline: differences and use cases
- MediaPipe Face Detection: fast, lightweight, cross-platform
- MediaPipe Face Mesh: 468 facial landmarks in real-time
- MTCNN: Multi-task Cascaded CNN for precise detection
- Face alignment: geometric normalization with landmarks

*This article is part of the **Computer Vision** series on federicocalo.dev.*

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## Read the full article

The complete article (15 min read) with code examples, diagrams, and practical exercises is available here:

**➡️ [09 - Face Detection and Recognition: MediaPipe and Beyond](https://federicocalo.dev/en/blog/face-detection-recognition-mediapipe-beyond)**

`https://federicocalo.dev/en/blog/face-detection-recognition-mediapipe-beyond`

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*By [Federico Calò](https://federicocalo.dev) — Software Developer & Technical Writer*