Computational Photography

About Computational Photography

The Computational Photography applied research group’s mission is to delight Facebook users with new and enhanced visual media (photo and video) experiences. Our interests and expertise range from traditional image and video enhancement techniques, such as stabilization, de-blurring, de-noising, and tone adjustment, to creating composite media such as panoramic (360°) photos and videos, video loops, and animated clips. Areas of exploration include photo and video capture and enhancement, mixed media story telling, VR and AR video content creation and sharing.

What We Work On

We all love sharing our stories … from trips, family events, and cool outings. We take videos, pictures, and in the future, 360 and 3D videos. Our group creates new tools and technologies that provide the entire Facebook community creative abilities that have in the past often been restricted to specialists.

Why It's Needed

The importance of images and videos and new media, such as VR, requires pushing the envelope of computational imaging R&D. Techniques from computational photography and machine learning are the building blocks that we use to weave together new and exciting experiences.

Where

This team, based in Seattle, collaborates closely with research and product groups across Facebook.