Editing Telepresence (section)

=== Transparency of implementation ===
[[File:Telepresence Session.JPG|thumb|right|A telepresence conference between participants in [[Ghana]] and [[Newark, New Jersey]] in 2012]]

A good telepresence strategy puts the human factors first, focusing on visual collaboration configurations that closely replicate the brain's innate preferences for interpersonal communications, separating from the unnatural "talking heads" experience of traditional videoconferencing. These cues include life–size participants, fluid motion, accurate flesh tones and the appearance of true eye contact.<ref>[http://www.humanproductivitylab.com/consulting/ Telepresence Consulting – Human Productivity Lab<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070423155907/http://www.humanproductivitylab.com/consulting/ |date=2007-04-23 }}</ref> This is already a well-established technology, used by many businesses today. The chief executive officer of [[Cisco Systems]], [[John Chambers (CEO)|John Chambers]] in June 2006 at the Networkers Conference compared telepresence to [[Teleportation|teleporting]] from ''[[Star Trek]]'', and said that he saw the technology as a potential billion dollar market for Cisco.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2158699/cisco-sets-sail |title=Cisco Sets Sail For Teleconferencing |first=Tom |last=Sanders |date=21 June 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930194327/http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2158699/cisco-sets-sail |archive-date=2007-09-30}}</ref>

Rarely will a telepresence system provide such a transparent implementation with such comprehensive and convincing stimuli that the user perceives no differences from actual presence. But the user may set aside such differences, depending on the application.

The fairly simple [[telephone]] achieves a limited form of telepresence using just the human sensory element of hearing, in that users consider themselves to be ''talking to each other'' rather than talking to the telephone itself.

Watching [[television]], for example, although it stimulates our primary senses of [[Visual perception|vision]] and [[Hearing (sense)|hearing]], rarely gives the impression that the watcher is no longer at home. However, television sometimes engages the senses sufficiently to trigger emotional responses from viewers somewhat like those experienced by people who directly witness or experience events. Televised depictions of sports events as an example can elicit strong emotions from viewers.

As the screen size increases, so does the sense of immersion, as well as the range of subjective mental experiences available to viewers. Some viewers have [[IMAX#Viewer experience|reported]] a sensation of genuine [[Vertigo (medical)|vertigo]] or [[motion sickness]] while watching [[IMAX]] movies of flying or outdoor sequences.

Because most currently feasible telepresence gear leaves something to be desired; the user must [[suspend disbelief]] to some degree, and choose to act in a natural way, appropriate to the remote location, perhaps using some skill to operate the equipment. In contrast, a telephone user does not see herself as  "operating" the telephone but merely talking to another person with it.