It is estimated that producing one minute of video requires an hour of editing. With that in mind, we can only admire professionals, but it also leads us to ask: what if technology took charge of editing the content? That's where Graava comes in, a small video camera that, with the help of sensors, detects and processes the most important moments of a recording.
Some of the most notable moments captured on video are the product of luck and spontaneity. At the other extreme we find high-quality edits based on recording hours and hours of content. This implies that a pair of eyes (at least) must go through all those hours and extract the most interesting parts, adapted to the dynamics of portals like YouTube and social networks. Of course, this is not mandatory. If someone decides to attach a GoPro to their helmet and throw themselves off a mountain skiing or mountain biking, every second of the final video deserves to be shared on the Web. However, this is the exception and not the rule. If the user is forced to maintain long editing sessions, is there a possibility of an alternative?
The concept of auto-editing is not exactly new. The problem is that we leave the digital scissors in the hands of an algorithm, which despite advances can make quite ugly mistakes... but the Graava camera seeks to accomplish the same task in a different way. Its editing system combines data from five sensors (video, audio, accelerometer, GPS, and optional heart rate monitor), and uses them to detect those moments that cannot be ignored. If beyond these parameters the user wants more control, the official Graava app (iOS and Android) will allow precise manual edits, along with other functions such as synchronizing video with external music.
Granted: The specifications of the Graava camera (1080p at 30 FPS) won't win any awards, but what truly matters here is that the automatic editing works as its creators have described. The camera is in pre-sale with a price of 250 dollars, which will become 400 dollars once launched. The extra detail? We have to wait until February 2016 to get one.
