AI Powered Long Exposure

Spectre Camera is a new tool for storytellers that deploys AI smarts to the creation of long exposure shots and to removing moving subjects from crowded photos.

I’ve always enjoyed long exposure photography and was excited to try it myself using Spectre Camera. This iOS app uses AI to remove moving objects from a scene or create fun long exposure photos.

In this gif, I simply moved an LED candle behind the bottle to give it a sunrise effect — illustrating how it feels when I drink coffee. You can see the blur of the candle stick on the right hand side. As always, more effort would have yielded better results.

WWF Free Rivers shows the promise of AR in the classroom

This app uses the features of AR to effectively guide and engage the user through a lesson.   In other words, it was fun and informative.

The set up is a little time consuming , and you will want a large empty table to place the model. But I recommend taking a look.

​WWF Free Rivers - iTunes 

Wildlife AR

Wildlife AR makes it fairly easy to add virtual animals to videos. As it stands today, the UX is a little clunky. For example, in the following gifs, you’ll see the ‘record’ button is captured when recording video. Also note, the unnatural look of the skin and fur.

Portals: Learning with AR

Portals: Learning with AR is an iOS app that makes it easy to create portals to different places. The effect is pretty cool but basic. Imagine walking into a 360 viewer. While this is billed as a learning tool, I think it lacks the necessary context to be valuable in a classroom.