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Found this post while wandering on smartmobs.

Roland Piquepaille

Now, a new video conferencing interface, named Facetop, improves the level of collaboration by blending transparent images of the user filmed by a video camera on the computer display. This results in a 'ghost' image of the user on the screen. When he points at something, "his video reflection appears to touch objects on the screen." The computer scientists also developed a two-user version in which the 'ghost' images of the two users appear side by side. Both can alternatively take control of the desktop, again allowing a better collaboration.

It looks like a very interesting way to apply videoconferencing techniques to enable (or at least help) true distributed pair programming... also a good deal of natural interaction finds its way in it, since "ghost" images can actually interact with the desktop items, selecting links, opening applications, moving objects and so on... cool!
Last but not least... it works on Mac ;)

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