Take a look at the video above. It seems that researcher Nobumichi Asai has developed a way to project onto the human face. By placing some dots on the model's faces for the projector & software to read, the system then uses the faces as a projection screen.
It's pretty amazing to watch & I won't bore you with all of the details. Just watch & you'll see what I mean.
While I was watching this, I was thinking of the possibilities of what scanning like this might mean to dentistry & plastic surgery. Can you imagine being able to project right onto a patient's face what they might look like after a cosmetic dentistry makeover or a plastic surgery procedure? Being able to see it projected on your own face is the next best thing to *the real thing*.
Enjoy!
