This is a university research project, but this could make a huge impact on fan preservation efforts in the next few years when some of this reaches the market. Exciting stuff.
http://www.vimeo.com/1513129?pg=embed&sec=1513129
Bottom line: Star Wars DVD + Books and Photographic reference = BluRay quality or better.
One word: very cool! Seriously, some of that is just stunning. It is what I thought years ago that computers would eventually be able to do. (though my idea is more automated than this) Spacetime fusion is neat-o!
P.S. I dig Brak, too! The Cartoon Planet version of him is my favorite.
Amazing. I was most impressed by the picture swapping they did at the end while maintaining the original reflections in the glass.
Scary though. Technology like this would make it pretty easy to rewrite recorded history in a convincing enough manner that the masses could be fooled quite easily. I've seen software that can reveal traces of doctoring in image files, so I'm sure something similar will eventually exist for video, but something to think about.
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We're already heading down the road where future generations will need to test historic video and film record using heuristic analysis. Aside from the ethical argument, it does provide some exciting possibilities for restoring Star Wars to it's 1977 glory.
I was also thinking about the recent discovery of the full version of Fritz Lang's Metropolis. The print is in rough shape, but a technology like this could help restore new sections of the film to a watchable state.
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Wow- that is just amazing. This will be just revolutionary for film restoration.
actually, none of this technology is new..
i've posted the link, looked at the paper and the code, and mentioned this link in at
least 2 other places on this board before....
while what they've done is cool, its not new.....it was just harder to do before,
and they are introducing the element of upscaling, etc... all the compositing stuff
can be done before...they're just using different methods to do it..
go back to their site, and check out the other stuff they're doing..
this is almost useless, since its done on static objects, in the video..
they have other stuff that is cooler, look at the extraction of a 3d moving object
from video...now that's neat....
anyways, all this stuff is years away from ever being implemented (unless you
do it yourself), so i wouldn't hold your breath..
yeah i was impressed at first....... but small steps have to be made, before
any real progress will be made...
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Could this technology or something like it be merged with Noah Snavely's photo-tourism to create virtual 3D maps of real places? As HD video cameras continue to trickle down into consumer hands, I can see how tourist videos + tourist photographs could be used to create a seamless, photo-realistic 3D representation of popular tourist destinations, cities, landmarks. It could take Google's concept of street view to the next level. I'm sure those guys can find a way to remove people and cars, clearing up the privacy issue. Imagine getting a virtual fly-through of your route along with turn-by-turn directions? I can see this technology being used in commercial GPS devices, history class, video games, movies. Independent filmmakers on a budget could shoot "on location" without ever leaving their green-walled basement.
Really impressed with this video. You know a concept is good when it inspires other people to conceptualize.
