User talk:Odsouza

Virtual Presence can be thought of as the ability of a person or persons to use electronic communicaitons to "be present" at the remote site using video, audio and control adequate to perform all funcitons required at the remote site.

For example: Regular maintenance of remote machinery - can mean a system that allows video views of all parts (multiple cameras or pan tilt and zoom) and control functions that allows mangement of necessary functions to complete the task at hand.

Telemedicine - that allows the doctor to appear to the patient to be be there, talking, viewing, being seen (via a monitor) and with full tactile capability is another form of virtual presence. Many such applications ensure that virtual presence will be accepted as a function which allows someone to be a fully functioning person (tailored to the requirements at site) that can perform task that appear to either end as no different to being there.