Freezify is a social media app, featuring Tilt-To-View videos.
Tilt-To-View creates a novel way to interact with content. You control the speed; you control the direction - all simply by tilting your phone.
Freezify can be used for panoramas and 3D Selfies, but where it shines is in videos with non-standard time: slow motion and timelapse.
Every video in freezify is also VR-ready, and freezify features an in-app pupilary distance adjuster, to reduce eye strain.
Fly By is a hidden feature inside of freezify. It allows users to synchronize their cameras to create a Matrix-style "Bullet Time" effect.
Each camera can match framing by sharing thumbnails of their view. The session creator can also provide points of interest - a reticle, or a guide box - by simply dragging or pinching, respectively.
Cameras are synchronized by pinging our server for a universal time, and referencing that against the phone's internal clock.
The cameras are updated by push-notifications. If a user does not receive the notification, or otherwise falls out of sync with the session, shaking the phone triggers a ping to the server to update all values.
The videos are automatically compiled based on a user-selected "freeze point".
Utilizing face-tracking and predefined paths, the idea is to eliminate the need for camera operators, dolly grips and other expensive crew and equipment.
Slide folds to just 7 inches long, but can cover a diameter of 18 inches.
A single person could set up the Slide and step in front of the camera, all while getting smooth, cinematic tracking shots.
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With feasibility in question, I decided to put the project on hold, while I pursue further education in robotics.
While researching techniques for speed reading, I realized that most of the suggestions required diversive attention from the brain. More importantly, I realized that most of these tasks could be off-loaded onto a computer. A reader could then simply fix gaze and absorb the material.
It was also important to devleop a way to adjust speed on-the-fly. To do this in Squirrel Suit, the reader just moves the thumb right to speed up and left to slow down.
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