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  • noun Virtual presence in another physical location by means of telecommunication technology.

Etymologies

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tele- +‎ presence

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Examples

  • Remember telepresence is Cisco fastest growing new product category and they're planning on bringning it to the home this year (though it'll be 2010 before the price is anything like consumer level)

    January 2009 2009

  • Remember telepresence is Cisco fastest growing new product category and they're planning on bringning it to the home this year (though it'll be 2010 before the price is anything like consumer level)

    Just a few predictions for 2009 2009

  • At least for nearby objects, certainly for the Moon, and with due regard for cost and value, telerobotics and telepresence is absolutely the way to go.

    Why Space? Why Now? - NASA Watch 2009

  • But when kids start dying in telepresence its future is threatened and Tony Louis, director of the telepresence school system, attempts to find out what is going on before the ground-breaking technology is killed before it even gets off the ground.

    REVIEW: 2006 Hugo Award Short Fiction Nominees 2006

  • For instance, Chambers said on Monday his company would be targeting "telepresence"--"Internet and telephone collaboration tools," in human-speak--as one of the new "advanced technologies" it would concentrate on.

    Cisco Heats Up 2006

  • San Jose, Calif. -based Cisco (Nasdaq: CSCO), which has about 4,300 workers in the Raleigh-Durham area, has moved aggressively into what it calls "telepresence" - or sophisticated, highly realistic video and audio links and data exchanges for business meetings.

    Philadelphia Business News - Local Philadelphia News | The Philadelphia Business Journal 2010

  • San Jose, Calif. -based Cisco (Nasdaq: CSCO), which has about 4,300 workers in the Raleigh-Durham area, has moved aggressively into what it calls "telepresence" - or sophisticated, highly realistic video and audio links and data exchanges for business meetings.

    Jacksonville Business News - Local Jacksonville News | Jacksonville Business Journal 2010

  • Making HP Halo Telepresence Solutions and Microsoft Office Communications Server-based unified conferencing interoperable, enabling remote participants at any Microsoft Office Communication Server-enabled PC to join telepresence conferences

    Microsoft and HP Team Up to Take on Cisco 2009

  • There is also the issue of telepresence, which is a force multiplier for the people and machines that would be operating on the Moon.

    NAS Seeks Public Input on Space Goals - NASA Watch 2009

  • Bloomberg's Rich Jaroslovsky reviews the umi, Cisco Systems Inc.'s so-called telepresence videoconferencing system that allows you to use your big-screen, high-definition television to chat with friends and family.

    Bloomberg's Rich Jaroslovsky Reviews Cisco's Umi System: Video - Bloomberg 2011

  • In a new paper co-authored with MIT’s Elisabeth Reynolds, he forecasts that the rise of remote work—or what they call “telepresence”—will lead to a more homebound life that creates less work for others.

    The Workforce Is About to Change Dramatically Derek Thompson 2020

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