“Physical Telepresence” by Daniel Leithinger, Sean Follmer, Alex Olwal, Hiroshi Ishii (2014)

Vimeo / Tangible Media Group – via Iframely

“Physical Telepresence” is a project by the Tangible Media Group at the MIT Media Lab. The project is an interface which tracks hands and 3d objects on one end of a video chat and recreates the shape using a grid of variable height physical columns. The goal is to allow two people in remote locations to interact physically, either by manipulating an object that uniquely exists on the other end, manipulating an object that is synced with a like-object on the other end, or by manipulating the shape display itself.