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Researchers Create Life-sized 3D Hologram For Videoconferencing

Posted by timothy on from the perfect-for-the-basement dept.

yyzmcleod writes with this excerpt: "A research team at Queen's University has created a human-scale 3D hologram pod that allows people in different locations to videoconference as if they are standing in front of each other. Called TeleHuman, the technology is the creation of professor Roel Vertegaal, director of the Human Media Lab, and his graduate team at the Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario. Similar to the Star Trek holodeck, participants can walk around the 3D hologram of the remote person they're talking to and view them from all sides. More importantly, the system captures 3D visual cues that 2D video miss, such as head orientation, gaze and overall body posture."

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  1. cue up every stupid star wars reference available. by MickyTheIdiot · · Score: 5, Funny

    What is thy bidding, my master?

  2. not much of a hologram by jellomizer · · Score: 4, Insightful

    More of a circular display. Cool, but not yet practical.

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    1. Re:not much of a hologram by Andrzej · · Score: 5, Informative

      Indeed. Here's the relevant research paper: http://www.hml.queensu.ca/files/TeleHuman%20CRC.pdf . Nothing to do with holography, just a cylindrical screen projecting an image from a standard stereoscopic projector.

    2. Re:not much of a hologram by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      To be fair, if it bites them in the ass, it's not a real hologram, it's obviously a telepresence bot.

  3. So does this mean.... by Nidi62 · · Score: 5, Interesting

    We can now teleconference with Tupac?

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  4. Re:cue up every stupid star wars reference availab by Nidi62 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Would hate to be the technician that has to clean the equipment every night though

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  5. Shenanigans! by jtownatpunk.net · · Score: 3, Funny

    That, sir, is no holodeck! Where am I supposed to put my penis?