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Beyond Videoconferencing: Tele-immersion

August 29, 2007 | |

An interesting article in How Stuff Works on videoconferencing of the future. It begins:

In the office of the future, you won’t call people with a phone. You will command your computer to call a particular person. “Computer, call Joe at the London office.” Suddenly, one of your office walls will flicker and Joe will be sitting across from you as if he were right there. On the other end, Joe will experience the same immersive connection. That’s the idea behind tele-immersion: bringing two or more distant people together in a single, simulated office setting. Business travel will be practically unnecessary……

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