"New Microsoft Project Makes Shakey Timelapse Video Watchable"

[TopWargamer]

Source: http://gizmodo.com/new-microsoft-project-makes-shakey-timelapse-video-watc-1619160435?utm_campaign=socialflow_gizmodo_facebook&utm_source=gizmodo_facebook&utm_medium=socialflow

Project page: https://research.microsoft.com/en-us/um/redmond/projects/hyperlapse/

 

 

Microsoft researchers Johannes Kopf, Richard Szeliski, Michael Cohen, and Richard Szeliski, developed the software and soon-to-be Windows app to help create time lapse videos without multiplying camera shake. As the video above shows, this algorithm takes video stabilization a step further with buttery smooth results.

 

I think this is one of the most stunning technological advancements I've ever seen. That may be stretching it a bit, but it's still really freaking cool. I never thought it would be possible to make such shaky time-lapse videos look so butter smooth, but Microsoft has done it! This will soon (hopefully, please) be released as a Windows app (I'm *assuming* that it will be a Windows 8.1 exclusive), and I can't wait to try it out for myself.

 

So how does it all work? Read this quote from Microsoft:

 

Our algorithm first reconstructs the 3D input camera path as well as dense, per-frame proxy geometries. We then optimize a novel camera path for the output video that is smooth and passes near the input cameras while ensuring that the virtual camera looks in directions that can be rendered well from the input.

 

Next, we compute geometric proxies for each input frame. These allow us to render the frames from the novel viewpoints on the optimized path.

[Askew]

It looks just like the 'steadying' that YouTube does, filled with anomalies and artifacts.

 

I dislike these technologies, I'm a fan of smooth camera work myself.

[bob345]

That is pretty damn cool

[PillowSmoke]

looks ultra smooth.

[BonBon Scott]

Bloody Nora!

 

Looks pretty neat, nice, sick, wicked, brilliant, fantastic and FABULOUS!

[Damikiller37]

It somewhat reminds me of Google Maps when you use the street view apart from the fact that this one goes in every direction obviously because of the video. It looks impressive though.

[Kamina]

That's really cool. A whole new perspective to play with and made much easier.

[Levent]

It looks just like the 'steadying' that YouTube does, filled with anomalies and artifacts.

 

I dislike these technologies, I'm a fan of smooth camera work myself.

i also agree and i prefer gyros over software fixes but they still expensive

[Derangel]

It looks just like the 'steadying' that YouTube does, filled with anomalies and artifacts.

 

I dislike these technologies, I'm a fan of smooth camera work myself.

 

Perfectly smooth camera recording isn't really possible with those devices. At least not for the uses being shown in the video. 

[Vacsol]

this + a smooth camera would have some awesome results I reckon

[Rassilon]

That's insane cool

[GoodBytes]

It seams that Microsoft used the same technology as their Photosynth technology:

http://photosynth.net/preview

Some of these videos looks like some level of stereoscopic 3D as they move, despite you watching it on a normal computer monitor. Real cool

Like this one: http://photosynth.net/preview/view/c0bd91cd-a54e-4f9f-97df-71f457fdd68e

[Dazza_the_Dragon]

Really though, this new 'technology' seems to be amazing.

[Imaginaerum]

That video looks like it has that warping effect when you apply Twixtor to a video and try to make it too slow

[mr moose]

That's quite the feat. especially the mountain climbing,  that would be almost impossible to get smooth with any physical tools.

[xRAGExSounDxRIOTX]

That is pretty awesome. Would this be possible with films like Cloverfield?

[Ashaira]

dam microsoft doing something nice. been a long time. the artifacts are a bit bad but the tech has a nice future. keep it up.

 

see how impressed i am? i didn't even use the dollar symbol when i spelled microsoft.

[The_Strict_Nein]

It kinda looks like google streetview sped up

[ShadowCaptain]

It looks horrible with all that artefacting and mess  D:

 

I can see this being used to a cool effect but that much processing just looks so unnatural 

[juretrn]

It looks just like the 'steadying' that YouTube does, filled with anomalies and artifacts.

 

I dislike these technologies, I'm a fan of smooth camera work myself.

Yeah,because people using GoPros have nothing better to do but to constanly manage their camera...

[Kamil]

It's nice and smooth, but looks very artificial. Better than any alternative I can think of for compressing hours of shakycam footage into a more reasonable time frame, though I'm not a fan of shakycam in the first place.

[MattGameDev]

It looks just like the 'steadying' that YouTube does, filled with anomalies and artifacts.

 

I dislike these technologies, I'm a fan of smooth camera work myself.

How can filming a mountain bike race via a GoPro be "smooth"? Your comment angers me. No one really cares if you dislike this technology, because you obviously have no clue what it is really used for.

Le sigh.. these fucking trolls.

[Bouvie_11]

[Trik'Stari]

[RexinOridle]

This has a really cool rendering like effect. I like this.