AI Restoration Makes Apollo Moon Landing Footage Look Like It Was Shot In HD

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shirappu writes: AI technology is getting better and better at improving old video footage by adding new frames to improve smoothness and adding color to black and white footage (a great explainer for the techniques can be found here). Now, YouTube channel DutchSteamMachine is applying the same techniques to the moon landing in 1969. The AI-restored footage stabilizes the shaky old footage, adds frames, and motion smooths the whole thing to essentially bring the footage into the present. Though it can be difficult to improve these videos because high-quality source footage is a necessity, it’s still a good example of how improved these technologies are becoming with the development of AI support. The actual improved video of the moon landing can be found here.