We got a stare at a holographic telepresence project from Microsoft Research earlier this week, but that is far from the single Kinect-enhanced rig it's working on these days. This setup dubbed a MirageTable was also shown off at the Computer-Human Interplay conference within Austin, TX this week, offering a glimpse of one possible future where two people can interact beside virtual objects on a table as if they were sitting across from each other (or simply do hence on top of their own). To make that happen, the setup relies connected a ceiling-mounted 3D projector to display the images on a curved surface, while a Kinect on each terminate of the connection both captures the person's statue and tracks their gaze to ensure images are displayed with the proper perspective. You can check it out in action aft the break, although some of the issue is lost without 3D specs.
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Microsoft Research's MirageTable brings some augmented reality to your tabletop originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 12 May 2012 07:16:00 EDT. Please seat our language for use of feeds.
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