[LINK] Ten Dollar Telepresence Robot for the COVID-Safer Classroom

[Peter Batchelor]

and then there’s the upmarket version of Tom’s device: essentially an iPad on a Segway… https://www.doublerobotics.com/ <https://www.doublerobotics.com/>

Back when they released their first version you were able to control it over the web from anywhere in the world, to see how it worked.
I always thought they would make a great addition to museums and galleries, allowing virtual tourists to roam the exhibitions at night from anywhere.
Peter

> On 1 Aug 2020, at 11:02 am, Tom Worthington <tom.worthington at tomw.net.au> wrote:
> 
> On 30/7/20 9:35 am, Karl Auer wrote:
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>> ...  someone basically wearing a tablet on their face, displaying
>> yours in real time, would visit functions, meetings etc in your place. ...
> 
> It was a research project called "Chameleonmask", rather than a commercial service: https://lab.rekimoto.org/projects/chameleonmask/
> 
> Perhaps a screen could be built into the front of the face shields worn for COVID-19?
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