At the end of a virtual meeting using Cisco’s TelePresence system, a big disadvantage of the technology becomes apparent: you cannot shake hands with the person on the other side of the table. This curious feeling emerges because the technology so powerfully recreates reality that meeting participants appear to be in the same room.
With surround sound audio and high-definition image resolution, large plasma monitors display people at life-size while matching tables in each location are blended to create the illusion of a single piece of furniture.
