Omnipresenz Startup project aiming to turn telepresence as a service to guide people as ‘avatars’ in the real world from a…
Omnipresenz
Startup project aiming to turn telepresence as a service to guide people as ‘avatars’ in the real world from a computer. They have launched an Indiegogo campaign - video embedded below:
It’s a new way of experiencing reality. Through Omnipresenz you can control the actions of an human Avatar (a teleguided actor/performer that represents you in the distance) located in a specific area of a big city anywhere around the world.
This telepresence tourist makes a live stream online of all of what he sees and hears, while the interaction with you this avatar is done trough an interface similar to a first person video game.
With this online system, not only your eyes and legs can be anywhere you want, but your emotions and decisions to guide and control an unique interactive social experience that can really make an immediate impact local contexts.
I think that some of the terms used here have been stretched a little to sell the idea, but I can certainly see a telepresence workforce in various vocations in the very near future. With recent issues regarding death via policing, systems like this would be necessary.
You can find out more about Omnipresenz and their aims (including some interesting and creative incentives) here