A Kinect Princess Leia Hologram In Realtime

Posted by timothy on Saturday January 29, 2011 @10:24AM from the recreation-opportunities dept.

mikejuk writes with this snippet from I, Programmer: "True 3D realtime holography is not only possible — it makes use of a Kinect as its input device. A team at MIT has recreated the famous 3D Princess Leia scene from the original Star Wars — but as a live video feed! It's a great stunt but don't miss the importance — this is realtime 3D holography and that means you can view it without any glasses or other gadgets and you can move around and see behind objects in the scene. This is more than the flat 3D you get in movies."

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Oblitory Yoda comment by Anonymous Coward · 2011-01-29 10:28 · Score: 3, Funny

Nearly there, it is.
Wrong Leia by TimHunter · 2011-01-29 11:05 · Score: 5, Funny

Came for Slave Girl Leia. Leaving disappointed.
Re:"real holography" by jamesh · 2011-01-29 11:28 · Score: 4, Funny

And even worse, I don't think that's the real Princess Leia. The accent is a dead giveaway!
Re:"real holography" by azalin · 2011-01-29 12:44 · Score: 5, Funny

Don't you dare to give George Lucas an excuse for yet another starwars re-release!