Another step forward in making Star Trek tech a reality By Staff
Reporter, Brittany Gamboa From the days of seeing Princess
Leia‘s flickering holographic message to Obi-Wan asking for
help, to the Holodecks of Star Trek fame; many of us have
dreamed of seeing true 3-demensional holograms that we can
interact with. I was honored to have the opportunity to speak
with a team of scientists who are working steadily to make one
aspect of that dream come true. Using life-size hologram-like
telepods that are set to revolutionize the entire notion of
videoconferencing and communication as we know it, the
technology grants us the ability to stand in front of one
another via holographic, or “stereographic” imagery, using
cylindrical pods; while conventional videoconferencing tools
such as Oovoo and Skype are principally flat and one-
dimensional. Using what Dr. Roel Vertegaal, an associate
professor in Human-Computer Interaction, along with his
colleagues at Queen’s Human Media Lab in Ontario-Canada have
created, we can