Magic Leap promises live-streamed holograms within five years

Magic Leap promises live-streamed holograms within five years

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https://www.theverge.com/2018/2/14/17010546/magic-leap-ceo-rony-abovitz-live-tv-volumetric-holographic-video-sports-news

Yesterday, Magic Leap CEO Rony Abovitz and NBA commissioner Adam Silver announced plans to eventually bring Turner-owned NBA content to Magic Leap’s elusive AR goggles, by casting virtual screens in front of a wearer’s face through the goggles. It wasn’t an earth-shattering announcement, but it was an indication that Magic Leap’s tech could be more than billion-dollar vaporware, and that the company is thinking about the kind of content needed to convince people to wear light-field face computers.

What’s more interesting is that Abovitz believes volumetric video — a way of capturing video as 3D objects and scenes — will be live-streamed to people’s faces within a relatively short period of time, and that the kind of cameras used to make this happen will eventually replace traditional broadcast cameras.