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Google and MIT combine to develop reflection-free window photos

What a time to be alive

Zachary Davies Boren
Sunday 09 August 2015 12:46 BST
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Google and MIT have invented reflection-free pictures
Google and MIT have invented reflection-free pictures (Google)

Google and MIT have joined forces to defeat one of photography's great irritants: window reflections.

To win over a generation of budding digital photographers, the internet giant and elite scientific institute have developed an algorithm that gets rid of unwanted visual elements in an image.

By using framing from a short video to separate the foreground from the background, you can scrap practically any kind of visual obstruction — from rain drops to chain link fences.

Best of all, the technique can capture an clear image of any reflection.

Instagrammers everywhere thank you.

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