Hologram to replace video conferencing

AUSSIE TELCO TELSTRA has been showing off technology that enables the broadcast of a hologram for 3D video conferencing.

The Aussie press was all of a buzz when the mobile three-dimensional image of Telstra's chief technology officer, Hugh Bradlow, was broadcast from Melbourne to Adelaide to give a live business presentation.

Bradlow told hacks from the Sydney Morning Herald he was using a high-definition video camera to film himself.

This was sent across the network to a smart optical projection system at the press conference that created the hologram.

He could see which hack he was talking to because he was watching a big, flat panel screen, allowing the real time interaction.

Bradlow claimed it had the look and feel of being in the same room.
The technology was possible because of Telstra's Next IP system. The outfit claims it will be commercially available within four or five years time, this is mostly because the technology is currently so expensive. µ
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Sydney Morning Herald