Hyperlapse

Technology is constantly changing the way we think. This is because technology is constantly changing. Typically our Instagram feed is full of pictures of our friend’s dinner last night, everyone and their dog’s #ALSIceBuckeChallenge or inevitably our little sister’s selfies. Recently there has been a simple addition to the social media sharing landscape. “High Definition Time-lapse Video” dubbed “Hyperlape” is a new app created by Instagram which allows the user to take a video and edit the playback speed. The app then cuts up the images and splices them into a time-lapse like video. The app’s user interface is super simple, only having a record button and a slider indicating the playback speed; however the backend is very complex in how it uses the gyroscope to detect unwanted movements and cuts down on unwanted user shaking. This in turn creates a simple and smooth time-lapse video which you will most likely be seeing around social media more and more often. The next time you want to give someone a tour of your new apartment or something similar, you may turn to Instagram’s “Hyperlapse” app to create a fun and high quality video. Where as in the past you would have actually had to invite your friends over for a nice social dinner, “What a pain!”

For more on hyperlapse check out this article: http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/08/29/on-instagrams-hyperlapse-and-fast-forwarding-to-the-future/?_php=true&_type=blogs&_r=0