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Does anyone else think of Harry Potter when looking at the last section, Live Image/Live Photo?
It would be a blast!
In fact, I might start using it like that, as soon as the Android version comes out.
le sigh
Maybe this is an amazing app full of amazing technology but the sample images that should advertise this were picked badly.
We're from the Microsoft Pix team, and we are interested in your feedback. Happy to answer questions.
I can see that its only available for apple devices, is there a technical hurdle in doing this for android?
And if I were to wildly speculate, Apple phone owners are a more desirable demographic to pursue over the long run.
Ah, Microsoft. Will they ever figure out that the Microsoft name is a liability for consumer app adoption? There's a reason it's not called "Facebook Instagram", and Facebook, deservedly or not, still has a much less tarnished image than MS.
There's an interesting example they use to show the ostensible improvement of Pix over the Apple's Live Photo: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/wp-content/uploads/... The Pix-enhanced version: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/wp-content/uploads/... Sure, the Live Photo version has distracting movement, but it also has much more natural motion in terms of hair flow. And I feel that the camera instabili…
As a person pushing get off my lawn age, taking selfies feels unseemly even though I know it is entirely mainstream among younger people. One of the things I find interesting about photography is how rapidly the 'uncanny valley' becomes normal. I look at Instagram filters and wonder 'why I would want to make something look like a Polaroid?' It just means the filter is not for me.
There's an interesting example they use to show the ostensible improvement of Pix over the Apple's Live Photo: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/wp-content/uploads/... The Pix-enhanced version: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/wp-content/uploads/... Sure, the Live Photo version has distracting movement, but it also has much more natural motion in terms of hair flow. And I feel that the camera instabili…
The original creates the perception of realness and dimension through the effect of wiggle stereoscopy.[1] Wiggle stereoscopy: http://i.imgur.com/FhA9aZI.gif In contrast, the Pix version removes that sense of depth, and turns it into what is essentially a cinemagraph.[2] Cinemagraph: http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5303/5659130034_7fc3dcfb8c_o.... [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiggle_stereoscopy [2] https://en.wik…
There's an interesting example they use to show the ostensible improvement of Pix over the Apple's Live Photo: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/wp-content/uploads/... The Pix-enhanced version: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/wp-content/uploads/... Sure, the Live Photo version has distracting movement, but it also has much more natural motion in terms of hair flow. And I feel that the camera instabili…
I'm amazed how low-quality this MS landing page is. - The "How it works" tab is just a huge image. - The search box ( top right ) has some problems with the border. Both in Chrome & Safari. - It uses `font-family: 'Segoe UI';`, which makes all elements with that font on my Mac "serif"
The worst part is some certified microsoft vendor probably charged $60,000 for it.