Question: What are the business benefits of TelePresence described in these videos? What is the benefit of a hologram? What kinds of limitations do you see for users of TelePresence?
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To illustrate TelePresence, in the first video, Cisco CEO John Chambers demonstrates the use of holograms over the Internet to create TelePresence. In the second video, Cisco uses its TelePresence technology to have the first global, life-size, high-definition virtual company meeting. Multiple offices throughout the globe were simultaneously connected.
Cisco (2008, November 6). Cisco TelePresence magic. [Video file]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rcfNC_x0VvE
Cisco (2008, November 8). Cisco TelePresence: It's about the experience. [Video file]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1kY266SrNSI&feature=relmfu
Laudon, K., & Laudon, J. (2012). Essentials of MIS. (10th Ed.). Learning Track 4: The emerging mobile digital platform: E-commerce and business impact. Retrieved from https://wps.prenhall.com/wps/media/objects/14071/14409392/Learning_Tracks/Ess10_CH01_LT4_The_Emerging_Mobile_Digital_Platform.pdf