telepresencen.
/ˈtɛlᵻprɛzns/, U.S. /ˈtɛləˌprɛzns/ The use of sensory feedback or virtual reality to allow participation in distant events or to aid in the remote operation of mechanical devices and instruments; the impression of being at another location produced by such means.
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the world > space > place > presence > [noun] > being everywhere at the same time > use of remote control to create an impression of
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the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electronics > [noun] > remote control by > with sensory feedback
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1980 Omni 2 No. 9 48/1 The biggest challenge to developing telepresence is achieving that sense of ‘being there’.
1991 New Scientist 23 Mar. 55/4 In telepresence systems, the more real the scene relayed to the remote operator, the more accurately—and so more safely—will they perform.
2002 T. J. Campanella in N. Mirzoeff Visual Culture Reader (ed. 2) xxviii. 268 Webcamera technology as it exists today affords only the most basic variety of telepresence.
2007 W. C. Wilson et al. Trauma II. lxxii. 1259/1 The application of telepresence in trauma surgery has evolved to include use of the Da Vinci computer-assisted robotics system.
2010 Daily Tel. 4 Nov. 16/8 This advance brings us a step closer to the goal of realistic holographic telepresence with high-resolution, human-size, 3D images.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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