I don't usually carry much cash for convenience reasons (maybe $20 at most unless I'm anticipating needing cash in the immediate future). I have been robbed at gunpoint before while with a friend. My friend had a couple hundred dollars in cash and I had none. We both handed over our wallets. When the robber looked in mine and saw no cash, he threw it back to me with all of my cards still in it. When he looked at what my friend had, he pocketed the whole thing and ran off in a hurry. I got to resume life as usual while my friend had to begin cancelling and replacing all of his cards and worrying about the cash that was gone forever. I doubt this is a good indication of how other thieves would behave, but that day I was at least somewhat grateful I hadn't been carrying any cash and very grateful no one was shot.
I have also had my debit card skimmed/hacked a few times (I live in Glendale, CA and it's known to happen here a lot at local businesses). Fortunately my banks have always made the process of getting the money put back into my account and investigating any fraudulent charges very quick and painless so in the end cost/benefits fall in favor of not carrying cash around or carrying very little.
I remember reading about a similar technology quite awhile ago. It involved and algorithm that recreated the entire scene in 3D in order to figure out how to place the new image or video, but in that implementation even things such as reflections on a photo frame were preserved and the end result looked much less green-screeny.
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I don't usually carry much cash for convenience reasons (maybe $20 at most unless I'm anticipating needing cash in the immediate future). I have been robbed at gunpoint before while with a friend. My friend had a couple hundred dollars in cash and I had none. We both handed over our wallets. When the robber looked in mine and saw no cash, he threw it back to me with all of my cards still in it. When he looked at what my friend had, he pocketed the whole thing and ran off in a hurry. I got to resume life as usual while my friend had to begin cancelling and replacing all of his cards and worrying about the cash that was gone forever. I doubt this is a good indication of how other thieves would behave, but that day I was at least somewhat grateful I hadn't been carrying any cash and very grateful no one was shot. I have also had my debit card skimmed/hacked a few times (I live in Glendale, CA and it's known to happen here a lot at local businesses). Fortunately my banks have always made the process of getting the money put back into my account and investigating any fraudulent charges very quick and painless so in the end cost/benefits fall in favor of not carrying cash around or carrying very little.
I remember reading about a similar technology quite awhile ago. It involved and algorithm that recreated the entire scene in 3D in order to figure out how to place the new image or video, but in that implementation even things such as reflections on a photo frame were preserved and the end result looked much less green-screeny.