HYPERSPEKTIV - A video & photo app that distorts reality in real-time

@chrismessina Thanks, Chris! This app didn't exist for us, so we wanted to make it. We wanted to a high powered video app that lowers the barrier to entry for people to make powerful real-time effects, in the same way music software or photo apps did for me. It could be used for live applications, or for looking at the world through like a kaleidoscope.

@boreta HUGE fan of your music! :)

@floriandusch Thank you!

@chrismessina @boreta Hyperspektiv is the child of our old apps Glitch Wizard and SparkMode. Glitch Wizard is all about trippy GIF creation. SparkMode allows you to put symmetry into photos. We combined the trippyness of glitch wizard with the symmetry from SparkMode, mixed in real-time video, and Hyperspektiv was born.

@krapoz @allanlavell @grenier Thanks, Giuseppe. We are huge fans of your app as well. We have made some amazing combination videos with both. They work very nicely together :)

@krapoz @boreta @allanlavell Thanks @krapoz :) Enjoy!

@krapoz @boreta @grenier Thanks a ton dude. Let us know what you come up with!

@schneider Few things. 1. Everything happens in real-time, so what you see is what you get. There's no offline rendering time. This means you can use it for real-time applications - VJing, art installations, etc. We used it on the last Glitch Mob tour. 2. We put a lot of time into curating the look and feel of the filters. It has a specific feel to it that comes from our creative sensibility. 3. We wanted to make it as easy to use as possible, so that little kids could use it, my mom, or anyone really. It's simple. 4. This is an exciting time for creative tools as the barrier to entry is being lowered, and there are a LOT of other really good apps out there (Geometricam, Glitche) that do different things than we do. I don't see it as competing, but as a unique tool.

@mg Thanks, Matt. I'm glad you are having fun fun with it .

@merekdavis Hey Merek :) Thank you. I appreciate that coming from you. Mextures is on my home screen and is my favorite photo tool by far. I think there's an "artisinal" feel to it. You can feel your own personal creative touch on it. It's not about the tech, it's about the whole experience. We did that with Hyperspektiv, and spent a lot of time curating filters and the look+feel to have a cohesive vision. The biggest hurdle was about whittling it all down. We actually built another app called GodMode that is what we use to create what ended up as Hyperspektiv. That's where we create all of the presets. We had 75 to start in beta(!) and managed to get it down to 25 for the release. We were absolutely concerned with overwhelming people, but also wanted to present a full range what the app could do.

@merekdavis @boreta Another hurdle we faced had nothing to do with development at all. As it turns out, it's extremely tricky to set up a company with founding members of different nationalities. Getting the legal setup properly delayed us for several months!

@lylemckeany @boreta Hey Lyle, thanks for grabbing the app. I agree with you - this is definitely something worth working into an update. Easy to overlook where the permissions are asked for. Also, since we have 3 back-to-back it's a bit overwhelming.

@lylemckeany Dig the symmetry vid! Agreed on the feedback. I didn't think of that.

@rrhoover lol

@thejustinkahn thanks!

@allanlavell @thejustinkahn Thank you :)