It looks cool, though I still find myself looking for Hyperlapse[0] alternatives.
Hyperlapse seemed like magic when announced, particularly, not needing to crop large parts of shaky videos
Johannes Kopf, the main author behind the original Hyperlapse paper, is one of the researchers behind Localrf discussed here yesterday [0].
I think Hyperlapse Pro [1], which stitched patches from multiple frames together to create new frames after doing some 3D reconstruction and then recreating a smoother camera path was mostly replaced with Hyperlapse mobile [2]. The Pro version was really slow, but the mobile version, which used the original frames from the video, could run in a reasonable time on a phone with almost as good result. Hyperlapse Pro is still available to download [3], Hyperlapse mobile you have to find the APK elsewhere [4].
While it seems neat, the principle behind it seems to cause massive morphing and smoothing, and that's creating a lot or artefacting.
This is fine for gopro footage or stuff like that, but for production video, the aim is to retain as much information as possible until export. I think the level of artifacting is just unacceptable for general stabilisation needs - and with today's cameras being 4k and up, framing 10-15% wider to adapt to the stabilisation crops makes much more sense.
I've been really happy with GoPro's TimeWarp feature as a hyperlapse alternative. I've used it on bike rides and car road trips and it's been awesome. It doesn't do the exact same thing as hyperlapse and does crop the frame, but with the GoPro's wide angle lens, the FOV is still really good. I'm even using a Hero7, but the newer models have much better TimeWarp features.
I think Hyperlapse Pro [1], which stitched patches from multiple frames together to create new frames after doing some 3D reconstruction and then recreating a smoother camera path was mostly replaced with Hyperlapse mobile [2]. The Pro version was really slow, but the mobile version, which used the original frames from the video, could run in a reasonable time on a phone with almost as good result. Hyperlapse Pro is still available to download [3], Hyperlapse mobile you have to find the APK elsewhere [4].
[0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36348483
[1] http://johanneskopf.de/publications/hyperlapse/first_person_...
[2] https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/wp-content/uploads/...
[3] https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=523...
[4] https://www.apkmirror.com/apk/microsoft-corporation/hyperlap...