Microsoft continues to work on creating virtual environments that facilitate face-to-face communication with those who can’t make it to a meeting or gathering with it’s recently patented ‘telepresence experience.’
The patent details a system which appears to create the effect of talking through a glass to the
other participant in video communications.
Originally filed in October 2014, the system was patented last month by Microsoft
Corporation, listing inventors as Adrian Travis and Andreas Georgiou.
It incorporates a display device that presents an image which
looks to be coming from a point located behind the display. When paired with another remote display each
participant can see the other user’s environment through a glass-like material.
Technology deployed includes a steerable array of beam-deflecting
facets and a large area camera with low etendue (allowing light angles to be conserved).
The telepresence system
facilitates communication via voice and body movement between participants, and could possibly lead the way for how remote employees
participate in meetings in the future.
Microsoft is clearly investing heavily in its development of AR products, after
introducing its Room2Room system allowing participants to interact with a life-size projection of another person earlier this year.
Source: PatentYogi