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I think that the MS Research project probably has a few advantages over this although I've only looked at Instagram's example videos on Vimeo so far.

The main advantage I see for MS Research is that they enable the full dropping of multiple frames to remove large camera motions such as having a head mounted camera and briefly looking from side to side.

In the Instagram examples, the camera stays on a fixed subject and their Hyperlapse algorithm reduces the shake. I suspect that if there were large camera motions, they would be translated into the final product which could detract a lot from the appeal of that video.

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The major advantage is that Microsoft's solution just requires the video. Instagram's app needs data from a gyroscope, so if you exported the video or you filmed it on a camera without a gyroscope, you're out of luck.

The MS Research Hyperlapse and this are totally different. This is just video stabilization but it's not as computationally expensive and so can be done quickly and on a phone. MS Hyperlapse requires an absurd amount of computing power, but it goes above and beyond stabilization, creating an entire 3d model of the world and then rendering that. The downside is it has a lot of weird artifacts and jumpiness.

For me the biggest advantage of the Microsoft project is that it has the potential to be stand-alone software.

I'm not interested in using something that's a part of Facebook's ecosystem or sharing it with my friends on Facebook.

Hi Colin, all Hyperlapse videos get saved out to your Camera Roll, and no FB or IG account is needed to use the app (there are sharing options for those two in the app, but they aren't a requirement to using it)

Wow, so does all the processing happen on the phone itself? That's impressive! I thought it was sent on a server to be processed.

yet?

Yeah, for me the biggest advantage of the Microsoft project is I don't have an iPhone and even if the Instagram software ran on my Nexus 5, I'm still primarily interested in using this with video from non-phone cameras (specifically my Canon 70D and my Sony A7).

Well, MS Research's approach required large amount of computing power - not a possibility to do on the phone.

The main advantage I see for Instagram's Hyperlapse is that it's a real app on the app store. It actually exists and isn't just a research project.

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