This selfie booth turns you into a hologram

Massively popular as selfies currently are, there’s no getting around the fact that there’s a limited amount you can actually do with them. Enter ‘The Holobooth’.

‘The Holobooth’, which was revealed at the Design Indaba Festival 2016, allows people to take a holographic selfie of their face and show it to their friends and family outside of the office, home or conference venue.

Developed by the Jupiter Drawing room, ‘The Holobooth’ is a 1m x 2m x 2m portable video booth powered by hardware and software.

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Here’s how it works:

• A user steps into ‘The Holobooth’ and follows the touchscreen prompts to record a 15 second selfie video.
• ‘The Holobooth’ processes the recording into a unique format, uploads it to the web and sends a link to the holographic-selfie via SMS or email.
• The user then grabs a viewing prism from the booth on the way out. You’ll need it to view your hologram selfie on your smartphone – preferably in a darkened room.

Delegates at this year’s Design Indaba festival experienced ‘The Holobooth’ first hand. According to a press release sent to Memeburn, 410 hologram videos were generated in a 24-hour period. That equates to 13.6 hours of real-time one-on-one engagement and 102 minutes of holographic content being created.

The Jupiter Drawing Room says ‘The Holobooth’ will be rollwed out at private and social events, as well as corporate engagements in the near future.