A team at Kingston, Ontario’s Queen’s University is developing a device called a Telepod that replaces boring old video chat with 3D holograms. The system consists of a 1.8-meter-tall cylinder with six Microsoft Kinect cameras placed around the top, along with a 3D projector inside. While talking, each person stands in front of their own Telepod, which is able to capture and track their movements in three-dimensions — the result is a 3D holographic image projected inside of the cylinder that you can walk around and view from the back and side. There’s even a medical app called Bodipod that uses the same hardware and lets you interact with a 3D version a human body — you can look at it from multiple angles and use commands to peel…

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