Holoportation™

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AI saw unparalleled growth in 2023, reaching millions daily. This progress owes much to the extensive work of Microsoft researchers and collaborators. In this review, learn about the advances in 2023, which set the stage for further progress in 2024.

black and white photos of Dr. Spencer Fowers, a member of the Special Projects Technical Staff at Microsoft Research and Dr. Kwame Darko, a plastic surgeon in the reconstructive plastic surgery and burns center in Ghana’s Korle Bu Teaching Hospital, next to the Microsoft Research Podcast
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| Gretchen Huizinga, Spencer Fowers, et Dr. Kwame Darko

A global team of medical providers is leveraging Holoportation, a Microsoft 3D capture and communication technology, to widen access to specialized care. Computer engineer Spencer Fowers and plastic surgeon Kwame Darko discuss the collaboration.

A picture captured at the Telemedicine rig in Accra depicting a male black patient seated inside the rig, with multiple Azure Kinect cameras positioned around him. He is engaged in a conversation with a doctor standing beside him.
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Providing healthcare in remote or rural areas is challenging, particularly specialized medicine and surgical procedures. Patients may need to travel long distances just to get to medical facilities and to communicate with caregivers. They may not arrive in time to…

Dans l’actualité | Future Scot

Harnessing the game-changing potential of emerging technologies is important in every sector – but within NHS Scotland it is absolutely vital. Improving the quality, efficiency, and sustainability of healthcare must be a key driver in supporting the NHS Recovery Plan to…

Microsoft Research Focus 03: Week of November 7th, 2022
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Welcome to Research Focus, a new series of blog posts that highlights notable publications, events, code/datasets, new hires and other milestones from across the research community at Microsoft. Barun Patra, Saksham Singhal, Shaohan Huang, Zewen Chi, Li Dong, Furu Wei,…

Dans l’actualité | NHS

Ground-breaking technology aiming to bring specialist treatment to the most remote parts of Scotland, without the need for travel, has received high praise from patients during successful trials in Glasgow. The West of Scotland Innovation Hub, hosted by NHS Greater…

Senior Researcher Sean Rintel, using VROOM, interacts with Research Assistant Priscilla Wong, who is wearing a HoloLens. Sean’s photorealistic avatar is clapping along with Priscilla.
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| Brennan Jones

Editor’s Note: This post was written collaboratively by Brennan Jones, Sunny Zhang, Priscilla Wong, and Sean Rintel and told from the first-person perspective of Brennan Jones. One of my life missions is to connect people, and I’ve been pursuing this…

Dans l’actualité | PC Magazine

The company is developing technology that can transmit 3D models of people anywhere in the world. Online video chatting is so last year: Microsoft now wants to connect far-flung family and friends through holograms. The company is developing technology that…

Dans l’actualité | DigitalTrends

Whether you need to inform Obi-Wan he’s your only hope, or just want to hang out with loved ones who are far, far away, who hasn’t dreamed of a future involving holograms? Microsoft’s “holoportation” demo shows that it’s possible —…