PC or MAC, Microphone, Earphones, Webcam, Keyboard and Mouse makes you ready to start connecting over the realworld. Companies specialized in this technique make it for companies easy to negociate over the whole world. It makes it possible for exchange students to maintain their contact with their families, or people who work abroad to still be at the christmass diner eventhough miles away from home (business reasons or whatsoever).
Telepresence finds its presence in the small things attached to the network. Virtual eyes, ears and mouth do the trick even on mobile phones. It works great if it goes fast enough, but since the human race is not build on patience, it always goes too slow and we curse the technique again. Blame it all on the technique. On the other hand a good telesurgeon can save lifes in just a few seconds with telesurgery. PROVIDED the technique works. They are still developing the technique of telesurgery (search for Penelope the surgeon robotarm which has been improved a lot lately).
Summing up everything, the succes of telepresence is overwhelming since the humanbeing still tends to behave in groups and searches for social contact.
"It’s a small world after all..."
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