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TELESENSATION

Telesensation involves combining virtual reality (VR) with telecommunications to
create telecommunication with realistic sensations. The term was coined by Dr.
Nobuyoshi Terashima. Via Telesensation, an image of, say, a museum exhibit in a
remote place is instantaneously transmitted through the communication links and
displayed stereoscopically by using VR technology. Viewers can enter and walk
through a scene that is a virtual world. Furthermore, they can even touch the leaves
on a tree or a wall in a museum, as if they were physically there. This cuts the bonds
of time and space.
Through Telesensation we can go anywhere without physically going there.
We can enjoy sightseeing, go shopping, go to a museum, or go to school without
leaving home. In this chapter, the concept and applications of Telesensation are
described.

I I.I VIRTUAL REALITY CONCEPT

Virtual reality technology plays an important role in realizing Telesensation.
Through it, a virtual world is created that viewers can enter and walk through and
where they can handle virtual objects. The virtual world allows us a stereoscopic

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