Teleportation, the holy grail of sci-fi films, may remain in the realms of fiction for now, but a Los Angeles-based company claims it is all set to bring the next best thing to consumers sooner rather than later. Portl Inc., a tech startup that specializes in holography and associated technology, has created what it calls the world’s first single passenger ‘Holoportation Machine’.
Each Holoportl is seven feet tall, five feet wide and two feet deep, and allows anybody equipped with a standard video camera and a white background to send a moving, talking hologram to the machine in real time. “We say if you can’t be there, you can beam there”, said Nussbaum. Pricing starts at $60,000 (~Rs. 45 lakh), but Nussbaum expects it will drop going forward. The company also plans to introduce a smaller tabletop device with a lower price-tag early next year. Image Courtesy: Portl Inc.
