Hewlett Packard Enterprise has incorporated the mother of all photo booths into its stand at the Cebit trade show in Hanover, Germany, this week, and is inviting visitors to step inside to create their own digital avatar.

HPE integrated products from three companies to create the Avatar Platform, which builds 3D models of people that can then be digitally clothed and animated.

The avatar creation process begins in a full body scanner that is about 3 meters on a side. Built by Doob Group, it takes 64 pictures simultaneously using an array of cameras stacked in several rings around the subject.

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