New Software Allows Video Deletions on the Fly

[markomalley]

From TV technology, this disturbing news:

Researchers at the University of Ilmenau in central Germany have created software that deletes objects in video in real time. The team’s “diminished reality” technology removes items in a live, full-motion video stream.

“The diminished reality technology is done in two steps,” according to a press release from Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Broll. “First, the object to be removed in each camera image is detected… The outlines of the detected object define the image area; the individual image pixels have to be replaced.”
A YouTube video is available that explains the technology.

This is really disconcerting, as it will allow live television feeds to be altered in almost real time. This could revolutionize the world of TV News, as it will allow for editors to change scenes in real time.

 

[Julian0404]

I guess from this day forward, video is no longer a trustworthy, first person image of the facts, as it can be edited to remove facts.

 

[didymus]

I guess from this day forward, video is no longer a trustworthy, first person image of the facts, as it can be edited to remove facts.

It hasn’t been, not have photographs for a while now. I suppose you could trust polaroids if they still existed

 

[Dale_M]

I suppose you could trust polaroids if they still existed

The Polaroid Instant camera returned to the market this year, under the name of “Polaroid 300.”

But, yes, the kind of live-stream video editing described in the article is disturbing.

 

[CatholicBoy1957]

Obama can delete Crucifixes from universities that he appears at, instead of covering them.