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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 06, 2015
Filed:
Jun. 23, 2010
Avi Bar-zeev, Redmond, WA (US);
Christian F. Huitema, Clyde Hill, WA (US);
Alex Aben-athar Kipman, Redmond, WA (US);
Robert L. Crocco, Jr., Seattle, WA (US);
John Allen Tardif, Sammamish, WA (US);
Eric G. Lang, Yarrow Point, WA (US);
Avi Bar-Zeev, Redmond, WA (US);
Christian F. Huitema, Clyde Hill, WA (US);
Alex Aben-Athar Kipman, Redmond, WA (US);
Robert L. Crocco, Jr., Seattle, WA (US);
John Allen Tardif, Sammamish, WA (US);
Eric G. Lang, Yarrow Point, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Described herein is a telepresence system where a real-time a virtual hologram of a user is displayed at a remote display screen and is rendered from a vantage point that is different than the vantage point from which images of the user are captured via a video camera. The virtual hologram is based at least in part upon data acquired from a sensor unit at the location of the user. The sensor unit includes a color video camera that captures 2-D images of the user including surface features of the user. The sensor unit also includes a depth sensor that captures 3-D geometry data indicative of the relative position of surfaces on the user in 3-D space. The virtual hologram is rendered to orientate the gaze of the eyes of the virtual hologram towards the eyes of a second user viewing the remote display screen.