Telepresence is one of the ways etoans communicate remotely with one another. In simple terms, it is video calling taken far beyond the familiar kind. The callers transfer more than audio and visual stimuli. The system recreates entire sceneries and objects from either side of the call with high accuracy. The recreation covers audio, visual, tactile, olfactory, and kinesthetic information.

At the lowest level, this recreation consumes few resources. Audio and visual stimuli go directly to the eyes and ears of the user. The system stimulates the olfactory bulb directly to create olfactory stimuli. Tactile stimuli arrive through utility fog that interacts directly with the skin surface. An absurdly advanced treadmill fools the kinesthetic senses. It translates every locomotive movement into the virtual scenery.

The level of recreation varies. It can project only the caller or the callee in front of the user. It can recreate the scenery of one party, of both parties, or of neither. It can also place both parties in an entirely virtual realm of their choosing.

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