MIT Researchers Animate Real Objects From Seconds Of Prerecorded Video Footage

[kcarbotte]

Three MIT researchers have developed a process to create realistic interactive animations out of real-world objects by analyzing film of stationary objects for vibration patterns.

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[turkey3_scratch]

For anybody who just read the article you have to watch the attached video to really see how cool and groundbreaking this is.

 

[Kalimni]

Okay, that's actually really cool. I wonder if this could be applied to video games to generate more realistic physics animations.

 

[JakeWearingKhakis]

That is insane.. I can't imagine the math behind that!

 

[WFang]

and if your attention span is particularly short, skip to the fun part of the video at 3m1s:
https://youtu.be/4f09VdXex3A?t=3m1s

 

[anbello262]

This is realy a groundbreaking development. I sincerely hope this doesn't die in the underground.
Best possible outcome would be to have a popular open source implementation of this, for indie developers and small studios.

This is particularly important for future AR, I believe. Having the digital and physical world interact is the basic principle of AR, after alll.

 

[turkey3_scratch]

I see a lot of potential for improved special effects in movies.

 

[kooldj]

Ok, Mind is Blown!