virtual dressing Games - mostly Kinect body gesture controlled games, and print a photo of the person and his/her scores Facial gesture recognition Growth of photo booth rentals As digital cameras, compact photo printers, and flat screen computer monitors became widely available in the early 2000s, people connected these together using a personal computer and software and created their own photo booths. Entrepreneurs began renting machines built along these lines at weddings and parties and the idea spread. From 2005 to 2012, interest in the United States for photo booth rentals grew significantly. By 2016 more people were searching for photo booth rentals than DJ rentals in 15 of North America's largest cities. In Greater Los Angeles alone, there are now more than 600 photo booth rental companies. Photo booth rentals have also become popular in other countries such as Canada, Australia, and the UK. So far in 2016 there is an average of 226,000 monthly searches for a photo booth globally. This has risen by 48.9% since 2015 (in the UK alone this is nearly 20,000 searches a month). References Massen, Ernst: Kleine Geschichte der Fotoautomaten (Short history of the automatic photo apparatus) – in: Photo Antiquaria 103 (April 2011) Further reading External links Photobooth.net, a resource covering the history of photobooths in art and culture, and listings for present locations of photochemical photobooths "Photo Made In Half Minute" Popular Mechanics, May 1935 right hand of page Photography equipment Vending machines Japanese popular culture South Korean popular culture Photography