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Researchers from Stanford University have developed new artificial intelligence software called ZunaVision, which can place a still image or video on almost any surface inside a video clip. For example, in a video displaying a painting of the sea hanging on the wall in a living room, the picture on the wall can be edited and replaced by a video of Barak Obama giving a speech.

The user selects a polygon in the video where the new object will be inserted. Then the intelligent software analyzes the videos to match color, texture and lighting differences. Once the video or image to be inserted is cleverly modified to blend into its surroundings, the final product will look like a composite part of the original video. The researches even took into consideration shadows that might fall on the inserted image, making the results as authentic as possible.

With the aim of producing realistic results, the algorithm named “3D Surface Tracker Technology” is able to deal with people (or other “occluding objects”) passing in front of the inserted object.

Source: http://thefutureofthings.com/news/6123/place-any-video-inside-your-home-video.htmlvideoediting,