New MIT technology allows 3D image interaction

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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — Researchers at the Massachusetts
Institute of Technology have found a way to allow people in one place to
interact with three-dimensional versions of people or objects in a
different location.
MIT’s Tangible Media Group calls the
technology inFORM. A person in one location moves or puts an object in
front of a depth-sensing camera. That camera sends signals to a
motorized pin screen somewhere else and that’s where the 3D image pops
up. If someone on camera is moving his hands, for example, that movement
would show up on the pin screen in another location.
They hope
the technology can eventually be used by urban planners and architects.
It could also be used by doctors and others who need to look at CT
scans.
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reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or
redistributed.

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — Researchers at the Massachusetts
Institute of Technology have found a way to allow people in one place to
interact with three-dimensional versions of people or objects in a
different location.
MIT’s Tangible Media Group calls the
technology inFORM. A person in one location moves or puts an object in
front of a depth-sensing camera. That camera sends signals to a
motorized pin screen somewhere else and that’s where the 3D image pops
up. If someone on camera is moving his hands, for example, that movement
would show up on the pin screen in another location.
They hope
the technology can eventually be used by urban planners and architects.
It could also be used by doctors and others who need to look at CT
scans.
Copyright 2014 The Associated Press. All rights
reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or
redistributed.

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