Recent advancements in 3D imaging and scanning technologies are making your "virtual presence" a real possibility. Current methods of high speed scanning make it possible to get a 3D scan of your face in a fraction of a second. In the future, projecting yourself or a room full a people to another location may be commonplace. Methods of reassembling your virtual 3D self might take the form of 3D holographic displays or shape-shifting nano-bots.