Humm, the Japanese are at it again. This time they are using a virtual reality head mounted unit to map the image of a real person over a 3D representation that is colored chroma key green. The idea is to enhance communications, for instance if you shake hands you will get tactile feedback from the dummy. They are working on a version that uses a robot and not a dummy to enable the user to interact better with the person that they are talking to.
[via engadget]
Virtual Humanoid Project (translated)