A Queen's University researcher has created a Star Trek-like human-scale 3D videoconferencing pod that allows people in different locations to video conference as if they are standing in front of each other.
Two people simply stand in front of their own life-size cylindrical pods and talk to three-dimensional hologram-like images of each other. Cameras capture and track 3D video and convert it into the life-size image.
The researchers used the same pod to create another application called BodiPod, which presents an interactive 3D anatomy model of the human body. The model can be explored 360 degrees around the model through gestures and speech interactions.
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