Deutsche Telekom, Orange, Telefónica and Vodafone are testingsupported by technology Matsukoa solution designed for make 3D holographic calls. This is a pilot test that aims to make holographic calls as simple as a conventional phone call, by interconnecting deployments so that carrier customers can join a common holographic communication session.
The companies are also developing a platform, which will take care of the combination of real and virtual worlds through a mobile connection. To do this, they will use a smartphone camera to generate a two-dimensional video. This video is then rendered in the cloud and converted into 3D holograms. From there it is broadcast to viewers in an augmented, virtual, or mixed reality environment. Everything clearly and sharply.
The platform on which the test is being carried out takes advantage of the benefits of 5G connectivity to overcome the problems that have hindered the creation of realistic 3D images until now. Holograms are created using a smartphone’s selfie camera to pass a 3D holographic image of a person in real time before being processed by a 3D rendering engine. It then offers a virtual immersion experience with natural motion, displaying the hologram in a virtual environment or superimposed on a real one, to be viewed with virtual or augmented reality goggles.
After the successful completion of the first phase of collaboration, and the trial, the participants in the trial will continue to improve the technology and focus on quality of service. Its future applications could include person-to-person or multi-person to multi-person communication. In both consumer and business environments.
According to Matus Kirchmayer, CEO of Matsuko«the goal of the initial pilot test was to deliver a “one-to-many” holographic experience with a virtualized broadcast approach that would allow the audience to see an individual present virtually, as a hologram, with stunning realism«.
