Interactive Video Manipulation

Interactive Video Object Manipulation from Dan Goldman on Vimeo.

This is a very interesting video demonstration of a developing video analysis and manipulation tool rolling around in the Adobe research labs. I am particularly interested in the method being used to determine separate objects moving in a video. I am also impressed at the quality of detail pulled from the low contrast source video of the people walking through the forest.

The puppetry of the video through a point based interface, which allows for the creation of virtual sliders that attach themselves to points moving in the video seems like a prime candidate for integration into a Frieder Weiss type human-controlled interactive performance space.