telepresence - 1975

[Benjamin Barrett]

Incorporating a webcam to give a sense that someone who is not present is present is providing "telepresence," something that is hot in the tech world right now (http://seattletimes.com/html/businesstechnology/2020011519_telepresencebeamxml.html).

Here are a citation from 1975 and three from the 1980s.

1. "Encyclopedia of Computer Science and Technology: Volume 45 - Supplement 30," 1975 (http://books.google.com/books?id=Nf_Kg5WfdhIC&pg=PA49&dq=telepresence&hl=en&sa=X&ei=6dbfUIPtIebFigKoooEQ&ved=0CFEQ6AEwBA#v=onepage&q=telepresence&f=false)

2. "Omni," June 1980 (http://www.omnimagonline.com/1980_06omnimag.htm)

3. "Human Factors in Space Telepresence," 1983 (http://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19840015051_1984015051.pdf)

4. "Telepresence master glove controller for dexterous robotic end-effectors," 1986 (mentioned in http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-adv.htm&r=995&f=G&l=50&d=PTXT&s1=telepresence&p=20&OS=telepresence&RS=telepresence)

Benjamin Barrett
Seattle, WA

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