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“Share your POV with any video”
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What is Diver?

— Patented* technology that allows users to easily share their point-of-view with any video.

— With Diver's "Guided-Noticing"† rectangle, users can selectively capture temporal (time) and spatial (space) video sub-clips called "dives".

*US Patents 7,823,058 and 8,307,273

†"Guided-Noticing", How To (see figures 13-16)

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Why Diver?

— Communicate with short videos, e.g. share a clip in a tweet or make an Instagram post.

— Users often want to share just a portion of a video rather than the entire thing.

— Without any specialized editing skills, Diver users easily select only the temporal & spatial portions of a video that best express their POV.

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How does Diver work?
        Diver is not a camera, it's "virtual camera" software allowing for the creation of infinite
  re-recordings from any existing video. Diver's virtual camera is comprised of four main features:
Record → Render → Remix → Share
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Record
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“You can observe a lot just by watching.”
— Yogi Berra

Tap the RECORD button to begin (temporally)    capturing a video sub-clip (a dive), tap again to stop.†

Move the "Guided Noticing" rectangle before or during recording to (spatially) select the area of the video frame to capture.

†Recording, How To (see figure 12)
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Render
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“In a time not distant, it will be possible to flash any image formed in
thought on a screen and render it visible at any place desired.”
— Nikola Tesla

Tap the RENDER icon† to transform your dive into a self contained video clip.

Rendered dives can be shared and played anywhere, even without the Diver app.

†Render, How To (see figures 25-26)
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Remix
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“Remixologists utilize time-based media and search mechanisms to
distill select samples into new digitally processed forms of art.”
— Mark Amerika

With Diver's Remix† feature combine multiple dive clips into a single video.

Remixed videos can be shared and played anywhere, even without the Diver app.

†Remix, How To (see figure 28)
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Share
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“The future is in video for social media. More and more people are
not reading, so I try to attach a video to most Tweets.”
— Tyra Banks

Users can share† any dive clip that's been previously rendered or remixed.

Rendered or remixed dives can be shared as a web link, or on social media platforms such as Twitter or Instagram.

Shared dive clips can be played as stand alone videos even without the Diver app.

†Share, How To (see figures 27 & 29)
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Systems Overview
    Proprietary code with patented concepts and processes. Built on open source resources
running in cloud-based AWS, and delivered to a client-side iPad/iPhone app or any Web browser.
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The Competition
Our patented "virtual camera" is unique*, however there are several other video clipping
and short form video (and GIF) meme–maker apps & services similar to Diver— e.g. including:
dittogreetings_logo Ditto Greetings
Search & select from quotable movie clips. Create personalized video greeting cards that expresses your emotions.
yarn_logo Yarn
Find video clips from your favorite movies, TV, & music. Create and share customized video memes by adding your own text.
giphy_logo Giphy
Online database and search engine that allows users to search, share, discover, and create short looping animated GIFs.
appleclips_logo Apple Clips
Share fun videos with friends & family. Create video messages or tell quick stories with filters, text, music, emoji, and stickers.
*While these apps cut and/or caption video, only Diver can record a spatial path through a
clip, dynamically selecting just the portions of the video frame that are relevant to your POV.
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The Ask
Our goal is to transition the Diver technology from university project to commercial product.
If you have a library of videos that you'd like to open up to user-generated-content, i.e. allowing your audience to sub-clip, remix and share portions of those videos then we'd like to partner with you.
We bring patented technology, scalable cloud-based services for rendering dives, and an iPadOS/iOS app already developed. Diver can be repurposed to accommodate your videos*, our app re-skinned to reflect your brand, or portions of our technology rolled into your existing applications.
*Diver's integration with YouTube videos & the YouTube API is for demonstration purposes only.
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Team, Contact, Links
Roy Pea
Roy Pea (project lead)
roypea@stanford.edu, 650-387-1869
Dr. Pea is the David Jacks Professor of Learning Sciences and Education at Stanford University's Graduate School of Education, and Computer Science (courtesy). Roy has published extensively, managed complex software projects, and since the early 1980's, made significant contributions to the understanding of how individuals learn with technology.
Joe Rosen
Joe Rosen (senior engineer)
joro@stanford.edu, 650-924-8946
Joe is an independent software developer and sponsored affiliate at Stanford University. His digital video expertise dates back to the late 1980's, when as a student intern at Apple he contributed to early versions of QuickTime. Joe has a Master's from NYU's pioneering Interactive Telecommunications Program where he was also an adjunct faculty member.
Original Diver concept co-conceived & designed by team emeritus, Dr. Michael Mills
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