TY - BOOK AU - Sheridan,Thomas B. TI - Telepresence--actual and virtual: promises and perils of converging new realities SN - 9781003297758 AV - TK5105.88645 U1 - 004.69/5 23/eng/20220819 PY - 2023/// CY - Boca Raton PB - CRC Press KW - Telepresence KW - Teleconferencing KW - Convergence (Telecommunication) KW - Virtual reality KW - Metaverse KW - Risk assessment KW - COMPUTERS / Computer Engineering KW - bisacsh KW - COMPUTERS / Social Aspects / Human-Computer Interaction KW - TECHNOLOGY / Electricity N2 - "This book reviews the history of various types of telepresence. It also reviews the differing technologies for visual, haptic, tactile remote sensing at the remote site and the corresponding means of the display to the human operator. It also describes the various operator of the corresponding telerobotic actuation of robotic hands, arms, and locomotion. The primary audience for this book is professionals interested in human-robot interaction, human factors engineering, virtual reality, applications to space and undersea exploration, telemedicine and telesurgery, firefighting, mechanized agriculture, policing, drone surveillance, warehouse parts fetching, mining, and military operations"-- UR - https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9781003297758 UR - http://www.oclc.org/content/dam/oclc/forms/terms/vbrl-201703.pdf ER -