March 22, 2013

Who’s got two thumbs & is disappearing from a video?

A. This guuuuuuy!

Fascinating:

Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Informatics (MPII) have developed video inpainting software that can effectively delete people or objects from high-definition footage. The software analyzes each video frame and calculates what pixels should replace a moving area that has been marked for removal. 

More detail is on Gizmag. [Via Bruce Bullis]

Previously: Diminished Reality; Tourist-Zapping in Photoshop.