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"Someday this technique might even help you to take better photos in the real world." So what? Maybe I missed it, but what are some potentially meaningful appl
by seasonalgrit 9y ago
"Someday this technique might even help you to take better photos in the real world."
So what? Maybe I missed it, but what are some potentially meaningful applications of this technology? What motivated this to begin with? Or are these questions that we even bother asking anymore?
I remember the first time someone showed me the Snapchat app -- it would make them look like a cartoon dog, or all these other real-time overlays. I thought, 'jesus, so glad we're all getting advanced computer science degrees so we can work on utterly useless shit like this...'
- dewitt 9y agoWell I don't really get Instagram or Snapchat either, but they created something that has made tens of millions of people happy, and turned a thousand other people into millionaires (or billionaires!) basically overnight. By that measure, what have you or I ever done...? I think this research is spot on, and can't wait to have it on my phone. And I love taking photos the old fashioned way, too.