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Theme-Park Dummy Trick Becomes Teleconference Tool

New Scientist

November 10, 2009

A trick used in theme-park animatronics could help people act more naturally during videoconferences. Shader lamps is a technique that projects an animated face that looks three dimensional (3D) onto a blank dummy face, and the trick could be used to project a person's face onto an animatronic double at a meeting.

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