I thought this might be of interest to those who are involved with Proclaim. Microsoft Research just released version 1.1.1 of a program called Cliplets. Cliplets are halfway between still photos and movies. Hard to explain in words so here are a couple of examples from the website (http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/um/redmond/projects/cliplets/index.aspx) ...
0246.Fountain1.wmv
0250.running2.wmv
And, as long as I have you looking at Microsoft Research, check out their program called ICE (Image Composite Editor). It is the easiest, simplest way to make panoramas from multiple still photos or from videos. http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/um/redmond/groups/ivm/ice/
I don't know why MS doesn't promote these great graphics tools more than they do!
Here is a panorama of the Columbia River as seen from the Vista House which I made in mere seconds from multiple stills that my wife shot ...
click on image to enlarge.