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Anyone Interested in Turning this Technology into a Web Application?

18 points by tocomment 19y ago

I think it would be a fun project / business but I'd like some help. Any takers?

far33d 19y ago
I saw this guy at Siggraph.. very cool. His other paper (Photo Clip Art http://graphics.cs.cmu.edu/projects/photoclipart/ http://graphics.cs.cmu.edu/projects/photoclipart/) was also pretty awesome.
- tocomment 19y ago
  That looks cool too. Maybe do both then.
jkush 19y ago
How about something like "empty planet"? I'm thinking of taking photographs of famous places that are very busy (like Times Square) and digitally removing all the people. I think seeing pictures of places that are very familiar, but devoid of people would be quite profound. Maybe it's just a feature and not business, though.
- far33d 19y ago
  I think this would actually be really interesting for Google StreetView.
  - jkush 19y ago
    Sure far33d, take all my karma points. ;)
- nickb 19y ago
  http://www.creativetechs.com/iq/photoshop_cs3s_automatic_people_remover.html http://www.creativetechs.com/iq/photoshop_cs3s_automatic_peo...
- rjb 19y ago
  That would be interesting. I could be wrong about the photographer, but I believe it was Eugene Atget who has a photograph of a completely empty Paris street (I cound't find it online), one that is usually bustling. His effect was achieved by a very long time exposure, a consequence of the technology at the time. Parisians were turned off by its creepy nature, and think your idea would definitely bring an eerie feel to Times Square.
nickb 19y ago
Patent issues... make sure you license it from them!
- tocomment 19y ago
  Really? They're patented? I thought it was like academic research?
  - nickb 19y ago
    US universities patent almost everything. Look at how Stanford operates... they get HUGE amount of revenue from research. Heck, even Google had to give a piece to Stanford.
    - tocomment 19y ago
      Well that's sucky. Well I hope my tax dollars didn't fund their research then. Then I'd be mad.
      - nickb 19y ago
        I haven't heard of a single university in US/Canada that does not have a technology transfer office. Read more: http://www.google.com/search?q=university%20technology%20transfer http://www.google.com/search?q=university%20technology%20tra...
ltibb 19y ago
I've got the start-up itch and i'm looking to meet some potential co-founders for this or any project. email me at ltibbets [at] gmail [dot] com
ltibb 19y ago
If you haven't seen it already Microsoft (yes Microsoft)has a similiar scene completion technology and the demo is pretty cool: http://labs.live.com/photosynth/ http://labs.live.com/photosynth/
andreyf 19y ago
Their demo at the top of the page looks nice, but I'm a little skeptic about the versatility of their algorithm to determine an image as "semantically valid" or not. I can see that being the RHP (really hard problem).
frixionlex 19y ago
no

18 points by tocomment 19y ago

I think it would be a fun project / business but I'd like some help. Any takers?

I saw this guy at Siggraph.. very cool. His other paper (Photo Clip Art http://graphics.cs.cmu.edu/projects/photoclipart/ http://graphics.cs.cmu.edu/projects/photoclipart/) was also pretty awesome.

tocomment 19y ago
That looks cool too. Maybe do both then.

jkush 19y ago

How about something like "empty planet"? I'm thinking of taking photographs of famous places that are very busy (like Times Square) and digitally removing all the people. I think seeing pictures of places that are very familiar, but devoid of people would be quite profound. Maybe it's just a feature and not business, though.

far33d 19y ago
I think this would actually be really interesting for Google StreetView.
- jkush 19y ago
  Sure far33d, take all my karma points. ;)
nickb 19y ago
http://www.creativetechs.com/iq/photoshop_cs3s_automatic_people_remover.html http://www.creativetechs.com/iq/photoshop_cs3s_automatic_peo...
rjb 19y ago
That would be interesting. I could be wrong about the photographer, but I believe it was Eugene Atget who has a photograph of a completely empty Paris street (I cound't find it online), one that is usually bustling. His effect was achieved by a very long time exposure, a consequence of the technology at the time. Parisians were turned off by its creepy nature, and think your idea would definitely bring an eerie feel to Times Square.

nickb 19y ago

Patent issues... make sure you license it from them!

tocomment 19y ago
Really? They're patented? I thought it was like academic research?
- nickb 19y ago
  US universities patent almost everything. Look at how Stanford operates... they get HUGE amount of revenue from research. Heck, even Google had to give a piece to Stanford.
  - tocomment 19y ago
    Well that's sucky. Well I hope my tax dollars didn't fund their research then. Then I'd be mad.
    - nickb 19y ago
      I haven't heard of a single university in US/Canada that does not have a technology transfer office. Read more: http://www.google.com/search?q=university%20technology%20transfer http://www.google.com/search?q=university%20technology%20tra...

ltibb 19y ago

I've got the start-up itch and i'm looking to meet some potential co-founders for this or any project. email me at ltibbets [at] gmail [dot] com

ltibb 19y ago

If you haven't seen it already Microsoft (yes Microsoft)has a similiar scene completion technology and the demo is pretty cool: http://labs.live.com/photosynth/ http://labs.live.com/photosynth/

andreyf 19y ago

Their demo at the top of the page looks nice, but I'm a little skeptic about the versatility of their algorithm to determine an image as "semantically valid" or not. I can see that being the RHP (really hard problem).

frixionlex 19y ago