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Microsoft vs Almalence SuperResolution Zoom
While the number one thing that differentiates Microsoft’s new productivity device, the Surface Duo, is the new form factor, we are mostly interested in its camera performance, namely, zoom capability. Having a single camera module, the Surface Duo is said to have enhanced zoom quality by using a super-resolution zoom algorithm. We were eager to […]
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Huawei P40 Pro Super Resolution Zoom: How Good It Is and How Much Better It Could Be
The Huawei P40 Pro looks like the winner in the smartphone zoom race, achieving DxOMark Zoom Score of 115, the all-time high. However, its outstanding camera hardware, utilizing a 125mm f/3.4 telephoto module, is not the only key to success. Achieving the best results would not be possible without using a computational super resolution zoom […]
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A Zoom Technology Missing from iPhone 11 Pro
Despite having a telephoto camera module, iPhone 11 Pro zoom is still far behind the top performers which use Super Resolution Zoom. Zoom has recently become one of the most important features of smartphone cameras with the leading OEMs advertising their devices achieving high picture quality at sometimes crazy zoom levels. As every high-end smartphone, […]
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Almalence Digital Lens to harness the full potential of Varjo’s human-eye resolution head-mounted display
From its beginning Varjo positioned itself as the leader of VR head-mounted displays megapixel race. Their “human-eye resolution” VR-1 truly shows more detail than any other existing HMD. However, just offering a high pixel count does not mean the user will be able to see a crisp and clean picture through the HMD optics, and […]
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Google Super Resolution Zoom: Good Start but not There Yet
Our first testing of Google’s super resolution zoom recently announced in Pixel 3 shows that it indeed can restore some image details, but is still behind the best in class solutions. Comparing to the “normal” digital zoom, which is basically an upscaling plus edge enhancement, Google’s zoom reveals some details that are indistinguishable in the “normal” image: […]
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Google Super Resolution Zoom: Good Start but Long Way to Go
Please read the updated post. After publishing this original post we were contacted by Google engineers who pointed out that HDR+ Super Res was not always on in the images we took. Of course, it happened unintentionally, there’s just no obvious way to make sure that Super Res kicks in when taking an image. We […]
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Almalence Digital Lens technology enables high resolution wide FoV VR HMDs
Digital Lens addresses the smear and aberrations inherent to thin and lightweight VR HMD optics. First objective quality measurements performed with a demo based on HTC Vive showed up to 2.7 times effective resolution improvement and suppression of chromatic aberrations even at the edges of field of view. The technology opens the door for high […]
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HDR Video on mobile handset, demo at Photokina
The first in the world real HDR video on a mobile handset. Note: – absence of noise in the areas with image details pulled from shadows and – no loss of details in bright areas comparing to standard non-HDR video. Standard video for comparison:
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Real time demo Super Resolution @Photokina2014
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Almalence’s new technology makes cameras see like human eye
Have you ever noticed that you see much more details when looking at a scene by eye than when seeing a photo of the same scene? If not, it’s just because it’s too common to be noticed. Even having, physically, a lower dynamic range than a camera, human eyes see more. Almalence Dynamic Range Optimizer […]