Holographic video capture and telepresence system

A head mounted projection display apparatus for capturing video images of a user, that includes:

• a frame that is adapted to wrap around a portion of a head of a user;
• two or more image capture modules that are separately located at opposite ends of the frame which are adjacent to a left eye and a right eye of the user, wherein each image capture module includes one or more sensors that detect non-visible light that is reflected from a curved screen when it is positioned in front of a face of the user;
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• a client computer that is coupled to the frame and arranged to capture the detected reflections of the non-visible light which is employed to provide a plurality of real time perspective views of the face of the user to a server computer, wherein the server computer is employed to generate a real time three-dimensional video image of the face of the user based on the plurality of perspective views, and wherein the three-dimensional video image is provided for display to one or more remotely located users.

A method for capturing video images of a user, comprising:

• employing a head mounted projection display apparatus to capture the video images, wherein the apparatus includes:
• a frame that is adapted to wrap around a portion of a head of a user;
• two or more image capture modules that are separately located at opposite ends of the frame which are adjacent to a left eye and a right eye of the user, wherein each image capture module includes one or more sensors that detect non-visible light that is reflected from a curved screen when it is positioned in front of a face of the user;
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• employing a client computer that is coupled to the frame and arranged to capture the detected reflections of the non-visible light which is employed to provide a plurality of real time perspective views of the face of the user to a server computer;
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• employing the server computer to generate a real time three dimensional video image of the face of the user based on the plurality of perspective views, wherein the three-dimensional video image is provided for display to one or more remotely located users.