Using Kinect to create a HyperReality experience

What if you could detach your personal "frame of reference" at any moment and hover away from your own body while still inhabiting it, like an on-demand out-of-body experience? Designer Maxence Paranche has come pretty close in his HyperReality system, which uses a Microsoft Kinect to scan your physical environment and display it inside a virtual-reality helmet. You can actually rotate the visual angle any way you like.