[ExI] virtual travel improving all the time

Eugen Leitl eugen at leitl.org
Fri Jun 29 10:14:11 UTC 2012


On Sat, Jun 23, 2012 at 06:59:25PM -0600, Kelly Anderson wrote:

> As for tele-presence robots, I think they will be successful when they
> are the size of mosquitoes and fly. Imagine seeing your fellow

Quadcopters would do fine. The key is sufficient density of rentable
telepresence platforms in the area to reduce subjective travel time
to nearly zero.

> tele-travelers rendered as avatars in your virtual space as you fly
> around the Sistine chapel together... :-) Perhaps avatars with angel
> wings... LOL...



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