Microsoft Research had held a TechFest event on March 6, 2012 where it presented a new 3D-mapping webcams, shown in this Youtube video (a higher resolution version directly from Microsoft site is here):
Microsoft says: "This project presents next-generation webcam hardware and software prototypes. The new prototype webcam has an extremely wider view angle than traditional webcams and can capture stereo movie and high-accuracy depth images simultaneously."
Update: The zoomed face of Microsoft's 3D Webcam from the slide above (click to enlarge):
Another zoomed version under slightly different angle and better resolution:
Microsoft says: "This project presents next-generation webcam hardware and software prototypes. The new prototype webcam has an extremely wider view angle than traditional webcams and can capture stereo movie and high-accuracy depth images simultaneously."
Update: The zoomed face of Microsoft's 3D Webcam from the slide above (click to enlarge):
Another zoomed version under slightly different angle and better resolution:
