Get a head in virtual reality

There are many essential features required of a telepresence system: it must consist of a sensor system which gathers information from the remote environment and a suitable method of displaying this information to the operator. In addition to the presentation of the visual information, the operator must also be capable of interacting with the remote system. This must be achieved in such a way that the operator does not feel visually separate or removed from the remote environment. This paper presents an overview of the design and development of an advanced, dynamic telepresence system which is the result of over six years experience building stereo vision systems