Logitech and office furniture manufacturer Steelcase are creating a next-generation video-calling booth meant to seem more like participants are in the same room. Designed to create an immersive experience where users can feel as if they are actually in a meeting room, the prototype booths allow two callers to sit on a couch next to a table within a closed-off booth, one on each side of the call.
Using ‘Pepper's Ghost,’ a mirror-based holographic-style method, the other caller appears in a realistic projection, giving the impression that they are in the same room as the other participant rather than just on a video screen.
"We’re using really old and kind of boring things but put together in a new way to try to solve these problems," says Alex Mooney, manager of alliances and go-to-market at Logitech.
Advanced Video Call Prototypes
Logitech Unveils 'Pepper's Ghost' Booths for Immersive Video Calls
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