When Microsoft introduced the Kinect depth camera with the Xbox 360, it sowed the seeds for an entire industry. Ten years later, real time depth camera technology has improved in resolution and fidelity. The inclusion of distance data in a captured image has enabled a wide range of new applications. These include obstacle avoidance for drones, robot vision, self driving vehicles, architectural scanning, sign language translation, and most commonly, real time face to face communication in 3D.
Depth cameras can now accurately create a 3D scan of a person’s face in real time which can be transmitted over the internet.
Combining these with Voxon’s technology enables a new form of 3D video communication, the ‘holographic call’. It is now possible to have a holographic ‘face to face’ conversation, as if the other person were in the same room.
Partnership Opportunities: We’re looking to partner with visionaries within the telecommunications industry. The nature of a 3D holographic video call with its sense of physicality enhances the interaction between long distance families and friends.
FILE FORMATS SUPPORTED:
DICOM, STL, OBJ, Unity, plus other volumetric codecs
RESOLUTION:
Voxon VX1 Resolution: 1000 x 1000 x 200
SOFTWARE FEATURES:
Support for Microsoft Kinect Azure, Microsoft Kinect and Intel RealSense depth cameras. Point to point 3D communications.
KEY DIFFERENTIATION:
No glasses or headsets required. Communicate in 3D. View from all angles.
Could the projectors be made small enough for a wearable device either headset/glasses like AR or chest strap I’m thinking of a use case where the user speaks and the text would appear in front of them so it’s like a holographic transcribing type of dictation note taking. Even if the quality had to be reduced it would just be for written words would this be possible?
Hi Gavin, possibly but it wouldn’t be easy. We are also trying to get away from the idea of needing headsets, so maybe for this particular use case AR may be a better option. We are most likely looking to make larger displays instead of smaller ones as that’s what most are asking for. Having said that, a smaller portable device may be something we look at in the future… Send us a quick email if you would like more info.