HyperlapseMB: Hyperlapse.js with Motion Blur

With the help of GSVPanoDepth.js (see previous post), I have created HyperlapseMB, a fork of Hyperlapse.js that uses the depth information to create a nice motion blur effect. The images are filtered as a pre-processing step before the hyperlapse is played. The algorithm is similar to the technique used as post-processing effect in video games

Extract depth maps from Google Street View

Besides high-resolution images, Google Street View also provides a depth map for each panorama, containing the distance from the camera to the nearest surface at each pixel. As far as I know, there is no official documentation of the format, but there are some open source projects which contain code showing how to interpret the

How to extract frames from videos

Using mplayer, frames can be extracted from videos by simply selecting jpeg (or some other image format) as output driver. If the video is interlaced, a deinterlacing filter like yadif can be used. However, in this case it is important to add the scale filter at the end of the list in order to convert

IgorPlug-USB and Windows 7 x64

Do you know IgorPlug? Back in the old days when computers had RS-232 ports, this was a nice and cheap solution to control the OS and other software with an arbitrary infrared remote control. However, today most PCs do not have these connectors anymore. Fortunately, there is IgorPlug-USB, an IR receiver for USB ports. It