The Benefits of Telepresence

In recent years technology has developed so much that it is no longer necessary for companies to have their staff travelling between offices for meetings. Video conferencing has been around a while bringing together people at different sites in the country, but some have complained of jumpy computer screens, broken audio and poor lighting, which has caused a new and better technology to become increasingly popular.

Telepresence is a higher level of videoconferencing, allowing the person to feel as though they are present at the actual location of the meeting. The technology can be used by more than one participant at a meeting, so how does it work? Each member of the meeting 'dials in' which enables them to see and talk to every other member of the meeting on a screen, as though they were all in the same room.

By having the visual aspect, communications is enhanced as participants can see each other's facial expression and read each other's body language, in real time and full high definition. Telepresence strategy puts the human factor first, closely replicating the normal features of interpersonal communications.

For example, the unnatural 'talking head's experience' often associated with traditional video conferencing has gone and been replaced with life sized images of participants, fluid motions and accurate flesh tones, combined with the appearance of proper eye contact.

Telepresence can be used in a range of industries and is particularly appropriate for those businesses that need to communicate with people working in areas that may be too dangerous to travel to, such as mining, military operations and toxic atmospheres.

Telepresence conference rooms use state of the art room designs, video cameras, displays, sound systems and processors which all contribute to the feeling of the Telepresence experience.

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Stephen Smith is freelance consultant of mvision video conferencing system. While working on this he has gathered knowledge on video conferencing, using of video conference equipment. Visit: http://www.mvision.co.uk for more information and services.

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