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Title: Microsoft patents holographic meetings Post by: Alex on May 26, 2009, 05:36:21 PM Microsoft patents holographic meetings
Networkworld has discovered a rather interesting patent, applied for by Redmond company Microsoft, that would allow them to produce a holographic meeting place, as well as a few other intriguing ideas. The holographic meetings, or 'Virtual Office Devices' are just what you would imagine; a user would see holograms of other meeting attendees, whilst projecting their own for the others to view. Unfortunately, there is no proper specifics on the hardware or software behind this, but there is a range of pictures included to show how this would be achieved. One of the people credited with this invention is Patrice Simard, who is the chief scientist and manager of Windows Live Labs. Read full story... http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/neowin-main/~3/auG7HonaxsA/microsoft-patents-holographic-meetings |