Google hologram video call booths coming to WeWork, T-Mobile offices – CNBC

Holograms aren’t just for dead celebrities anymore. In fact, it might not be long before you’re attending a virtual work meeting with lifelike, 3D representations of your colleagues.That’s the future Google is working toward: The company says it’s expanding testing of its Project Starline, 3D video call booths where you can chat with holographic versions of your friends, family or coworkers. After testing the booths in its own offices over the past year, the company now intends to place them in the offices of some of its corporate partners, including Salesforce, WeWork, T-Mobile and Hackensack Meridian Health.Google says it will begin installing prototypes before the end of the year, and that the technology is already advanced enough to make it seem like the person you’re talking to is right there in the room with you — even if they’re on the other side of the world.It’s “a magic window, where users can talk, gesture and make eye contact with another person, life-size and in three dimensions,” the company said in its announcement last week.The technology combines machine learning, computer vision, spatial audio and light-field display systems, Google says. It relies on a series of high-resolution cameras and custom depth sensors…
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