About twenty years ago a business meeting involved a group of people in the same conference hall in an office building. About ten years ago it was possible for a couple of these people to be present at the meeting using teleconferencing video tools. The participants could be seen and respond in real time to questions asked in the conference hall despite not being physically present.

Now science is taking the business meeting to the next level. Holo Meetings will allow you to see a three dimensional image of the person you conduct your business with instead of staring at a flat screen. The image of the person will be able to move around the conference room and point out to business tools as well.

Does this seem like Star Trek gone Star Wars? Maybe but the technology is being developed by more than one company in the world today. We are not sure whose science project will bear fruit first but yes, the future will see you conducting Holo Meetings with your colleagues who are sitting in some remote location.

Besides business meetings such an invention will also give a major boost to the educational and health care industries. Teachers sitting in school will be able to monitor students working at home. Doctors not in the hospital will be able to consult on a patient just brought in to the ER. The possibilities of using this technology are boundless.