When HP came to market with its first product, Halo Collaboration Studio, it started charging $549,000 (£277,000) per site. Cisco launched its full version at $300,000 (£150,000) per site, a price it's still charging, and Polycom's systems go from $200,000 (£100,000) upwards. From April 2008 - http://news.zdnet.co.uk/communications/0,1000000085,39376522,00.htm
Meeting face to face is possible through telepresence. to use telepresence effectively you must learn to be comfortable with it and confident as if you were talking on a telephone or with there person directly in person.
A telepresence robot is a robot that allows you to basically be somewhere without having to physically be there. It reacts from you stimuli. You control it.
Workflow, Groupware, and Telepresence Systems are examples of network collaboration applications.
Telepresence allows a person to communicate with, and see other people without physically being next to them via a TV screen. It is called Telepresence because it basically uses a tele, and it allows them to feel that they are present with the person they are communicating with.
There are many ways in which to implement telepresence. All of these ways start with including the three basic needs which are vision, sound, and manipulation. This allows the device to be easily controlled.
What is the advantage and disadvantage of telepresence?
"Cisco, a celebrated computer technologies company is on top of the industry and provides premium products. Cisco Telepresence is no different. They focus on professional 'face to face' video telecommunication conferences."
Yes, Cisco Telepresence is a communcations company. It has been in business since 2006. It links two separate places together, allowing video conferences to take place.
The main use of a telepresence robot is to be able to chat to someone and for your questions to be answered immediately and not have to wait hours for a response via email or have to go into a store and ask questions in person.
Telepresence is generally defined as the use of virtual reality technology to participate in distant events or remotely control equipment. Many companies could benefit from this technology, and as a communications tool, any company with overseas branches stand as an example.
not older people because they will think the have gone and died and think they went to hell
It uses a TELE (television) to allow you to see the other person and it makes you feel PRESENT with the other person.