| Imagine how the producers and writers of Star wars | | | | Conference compared telepresence to teleporting |
| portrayed the user of teleporters between locations. | | | | from Star Trek, and said that he saw the technology |
| The technology enabled people to leave between | | | | as a potential billion dollar market for Cisco. |
| locations in seconds and be present on short notice. | | | | Michael Venditte,Vice President of Engineering of |
| We have to think that Sisco had this in mind when | | | | Telanetix defines Telepresence as a human |
| they presented their newly developed Telepresence | | | | experience of being fully present at a live real world |
| Magic to the world in 2006. We have included the | | | | location remote from one's own physical location. |
| YouTube link for you to see this session here; | | | | Someone experiencing video Telepresence would |
| Telepresence refers to a set of technologies which | | | | therefore be able to behave, and receive stimuli, as |
| allow a person to feel as if they were present, to give | | | | though part of a meeting at the remote site. The |
| the appearance that they were present, or to have an | | | | before mentioned would result in interactive |
| effect, at a location other than their true location. | | | | participation of group activities that will bring benefits to |
| Telepresence requires that the senses of the user, or | | | | a wide range of users. Application examples could be |
| users, are provided with such stimuli as to give the | | | | sited within emergency management and security |
| feeling of being in that other location. Additionally, the | | | | services, B&I, entertainment and education industries. |
| user(s) may be given the ability to affect the remote | | | | Telepresence can be used to establish a sense of |
| location. In this case, the user's position, movements, | | | | shared presence or shared space among |
| actions, voice, etc. may be sensed, transmitted and | | | | geographically separated members of a group. |
| duplicated in the remote location to bring about this | | | | The cost of deep water diving operations is extremely |
| effect. Therefore information may be travelling in both | | | | high due to safety regulations, hyperbaric equipment, |
| directions between the user and the remote location. | | | | time spent in decompression, and support vessel costs. |
| Telepresence refers to a user interacting with another | | | | Telepresence systems for inspection and tele |
| live, real place, and is distinct from virtual presence, | | | | operation for repair and maintenance would realize |
| where the user is given the impression of being in a | | | | significant cost benefits and also remove divers from |
| simulated environment. Telepresence and virtual | | | | hazardous environments. |
| presence rely on similar user-interface equipment, and | | | | Many other applications in situations where humans are |
| they share the common feature that the relevant | | | | exposed to hazardous situations are readily |
| portions of the user's experience at some point in the | | | | recognized as suitable candidates for telepresence. |
| process will be transmitted in an abstract (usually | | | | Mining, bomb disposal, military operations, rescue of |
| digital) representation. The main functional difference is | | | | victims from fire, toxic atmospheres, or even hostage |
| the entity on the other end: a real environment in the | | | | situations, are some examples. |
| case of telepresence, vs. a computer in the case of | | | | Small diameter pipes, otherwise inaccessible for |
| virtual reality. | | | | examination, can now be viewed using pipeline video |
| Rather than traveling great distances, in order to have | | | | inspection. |
| a face-face meeting, it is now possible to | | | | The possibility of being able to project the knowledge |
| teleconference instead, using a multiway video phone. | | | | and the physical skill of a surgeon over long distances |
| Each member of the meeting, or each party, can see | | | | has many attractions. Thus, again there is considerable |
| every other member on a screen or screens, and can | | | | research underway in the subject. (Locally controlled |
| talk to them as if they were in the same room. This | | | | robots are currently being used for joint replacement |
| brings enormous time and cost benefits, as well as a | | | | surgery as they are more precise in milling bone to |
| reduced impact on the environment by lessening the | | | | receive the joints.) The armed forces have an obvious |
| need for travel - a damaging source of carbon | | | | interest since the combination of telepresence, |
| emissions. | | | | teleoperation, and telerobotics can potentially save the |
| A good telepresence strategy puts the human factors | | | | lives of battle casualties by allowing them prompt |
| first, focusing on visual collaboration solutions that | | | | attention in mobile operating theatres by remote |
| closely replicate the brain's innate preferences for | | | | surgeons. |
| interpersonal communications, separating from the | | | | Recently, teleconferencing has been used in medicine |
| unnatural "talking heads" experience of traditional | | | | (telemedicine or telematics), mainly employing |
| videoconferencing. These cues include life–size | | | | audio-visual exchange, for the performance of real |
| participants, fluid motion, accurate flesh tones and the | | | | time remote surgical operations - as demonstrated in |
| appearance of true eye contact. This is already a | | | | Regensburg, Germany in 2002. In addition to |
| well-established technology, used by many businesses | | | | audio-visual data, the transfer of haptic (tactile) |
| today. The chief executive officer of Cisco Systems, | | | | information has also been demonstrated in |
| John Chambers in June 2006 at the Networkers | | | | telemedicine. |