I don't understand why we do not yet have several notebooks on the market with multiple webcams around the sides of the display.
That way a video conference with eye contact would be achievable.
I had a lecturer who had seen IBM experiment using projections onto manikins placed around a board table shared with 'real' humans, and a mirrored arrangement on the other side of the 'electric' connection, old enough to be an entirely analogue affair, if anyone has an idea what he might have been referring to I would love to know!
Check out the other stuff from USC Institute for Creative Technologies and Paul Debevec on their YouTube channel [1]!<p>Ari Folman's cult-worthy movie "The Congress" [2] is bladerunneresquely based on Stanislaw Lem's psychedelic black humor fiction book "The Futurological Congress" [3].<p>At the apex of the movie, there's a riveting climactic scene where Robin Wright (playing a fictionalized version of herself) and Harvey Keitel use Paul Debevec's Light Stage [4] to capture her essence [5].<p>They show it in the trailer [6], but it's best to watch the whole film from start to finish without knowing what to expect. I really enjoyed it, especially the light stage scene, and not just because of the blinking lights -- the actors gave a spectacular performance.<p>The movie raises a lot of interesting issues, and I highly recommend it! [7] [8] [9] [10]<p>[1] USC Institute for Creative Technologies Graphics Lab:
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOgm-72B_tibAM2I5j-mBiQ" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOgm-72B_tibAM2I5j-mBiQ</a><p>[2] The Congress (movie):
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Congress_(2013_film)" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Congress_(2013_film)</a><p>[3] The Futurological Congress (book):
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Futurological_Congress" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Futurological_Congress</a><p>[4] Light Stage 6: Relighting Human Locomotion
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xgUW1RN8QNM" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xgUW1RN8QNM</a><p>[5] Light Stage 6 Anomaly:
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9gY3C2TeHE" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9gY3C2TeHE</a><p>[6] The Congress trailer:
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1rNSTizOsws" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1rNSTizOsws</a><p>[7] ‘The Congress’ Trailer: Is This Live-Action/Animated Hybrid the Wildest Sci-Fi of 2013?
<a href="http://www.slashfilm.com/the-congress-trailer-is-this-live-actionanimated-hybrid-the-wildest-sci-fi-of-2013/" rel="nofollow">http://www.slashfilm.com/the-congress-trailer-is-this-live-a...</a><p>[8] The Congress and the End of Actors:
<a href="http://scienceandfilm.org/articles/2496/the-congress-and-the-end-of-actors" rel="nofollow">http://scienceandfilm.org/articles/2496/the-congress-and-the...</a><p>[9] Pixel Perfect: The scientist behind the digital cloning of actors.
<a href="http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2014/04/28/pixel-perfect-2" rel="nofollow">http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2014/04/28/pixel-perfect-2</a><p>[10] Watch: The Future of Acting in the Technological Age:
<a href="http://www.indiewire.com/article/watch-the-future-of-acting-in-the-technological-age-20150525" rel="nofollow">http://www.indiewire.com/article/watch-the-future-of-acting-...</a>