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telepresence

British  
/ ˈtɛlɪˌprɛzəns /

noun

  1. the use of virtual reality technology to operate machinery by remote control or to create the effect of being at a different or imaginary location

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Researchers from Cornell and Brown University have developed a souped-up telepresence robot that responds automatically and in real-time to a remote user's movements and gestures made in virtual reality.

From Science Daily • Oct. 27, 2023

According to reporting in Forbes, employees returning to Twitter HQ last week discovered “modest bedrooms featuring unmade mattresses, drab curtains and giant conference-room telepresence monitors… one room even has a plant.”

From Slate • Dec. 12, 2022

One likened research on telepresence robots to “studying TV carts.”

From Science Magazine • Feb. 9, 2022

That’s one other way to think about applications on the metaverse: you can have a hologram or a telepresence of somebody in front of you.

From The Verge • Jan. 11, 2022

The offer we’re making to the telepresence players is probationary—they don’t get to vote until after we’ve agreed that the rehab is a success.”

From Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom by Doctorow, Cory