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How does this differ from the app released by Instagram last year with the exact same name that appears to do the same thing ? https://hyperlapse.instagram.com

• codezero 11y ago
  Microsoft published a research paper about this technology before the Instagram app was released. I believe the Instagram app was a hack week project developed based on the MS research paper.
  • james33 11y ago
    It was actually based on a previous app (Luma) that did the same thing for several years prior. Instagram acquired Luma back in 2013.
  • macca321 11y ago
    http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/um/redmond/projects/hyperlapse/igcomp/ http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/um/redmond/projects/hype...
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• underwater 11y ago
  Instagram's version is more traditional image stabilization. It uses gyroscopic data captured alongside the video to help calculate stabilization. This is all done on the device. Microsoft's version uses post processing on their servers to generate a 3D model of the scene. They then synthesize a new video based on this data. Microsoft's approach is more time intensive and can lead to strange artifacts in the video. But lets them generate a smooth video if, for example, the person wearing the camera glances around quickly mid shot.
• aw3c2 11y ago
  "Difference between Microsoft's and Instagram's Hyperlapse" http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/um/redmond/projects/hyperlapse/igcomp/ http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/um/redmond/projects/hype...
  • alexbecker 11y ago
    Highly recommend watching the video in the link. Holy shit is it impressive.
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• hbosch 11y ago
  The Instagram app, I believe, relies on gyro data from the phone to sync and align footage seamlessly. However, this would not work from, say, a GoPro camera or video from a DSLR. The Microsoft product is not limited in this way from what I recall of their research. It is much more robust.
• asadlionpk 11y ago
  Microsoft's method allows to use any previously recorded footage and stabilize video by doing frame by frame comparison. Whereas Instagram uses motion sensors which are recorded along with the video. So Instagram's method won't work for any videos not recorded with their app.
• izacus 11y ago
  It works on Android among other things.
  • kolev 11y ago
    Yup! And that's not a small thing. More and more companies neglect Android and the web these days with their "mobile first" strategy, which means, iPhone first, in fact, and we should pressure them not to discriminate the majority and a vast share of the influencers as well. In the early days, it was hard to find Android developers, but now they are more and the latest SDKs are much easier to develop and support a multitude of devices. Test on Samsung Galaxy, Nexus, and a few more leading devices, and you still will do better than totally neglecting Android! For smaller startups, I can find some excuse, but for a billion dollar companies like Instagram/Facebook, there's no excuse!
  • irrigation 11y ago
    Worth noting that there is an Instagram Hyperlapse-type app on Android called "Gallus". It's made by some guy (e.g. lacks polish), and apparently isn't perfect on all devices (1), but my experience has been that it yields as good if not better outcomes on my Nexus 5 than Instagram's app on my iPhone. It has gone almost entirely unnoticed, but it creates outputs a world better than this Microsoft app. I get that they're going for 'the videos you already have', but if I have a mobile device with so many sensors, why wouldn't I use them? (1) - I mention that because whenever something pushes the edge, if someone finds that it doesn't work on their own Android handset, they tend to be the absolute loudest about it, declaring that therefore it must not work on anyone's handset. It is the most bizarre aspect to apps in Android land.
• moogly 11y ago
  Microsoft showed their stuff before Instagram showed theirs.
• Urgo 11y ago
  Well for one thing it actually works on something other then iOS. Big plus in my book there.