The communicator is projecting a solid image of us sleeping.
The solid image is an easy and complete way to describe 3D objects.
It makes an apparently solid image in your mind.
They gathered in front of a section that looked no different from the others, reflecting their solid images to infinity.
A solid image appeared above the open area in the center of the floor.
Through her fingers she could see that it was not a solid, sustained image.
Then, even as the energy died down, a solid image coalesced into a definite shape.
As with the distance discussion above, this provides a very solid looking and detailed image.
The shutters were flapping open, and light if not solid images lay beyond.
This lets them eliminate the color wheel for a more solid image.