Telepresence

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Built on top of the framework provided by the Interlace, telepresence technologies are technologies that allow an individual to appear to be present in a location they are not currently in. This is often done through holographic projections, video conferencing, and telerobotics.

Remote Projection

Remote projection hails the beginning of a new era of telepresence. Remote Personality Caches/Displays enables real time communication across the system, with newer models capable of full locomotion and recieving sensory input. Remote projection is not accessible to the public. The technology is extremely expensive, and requires a full staff of technicians and medical personel. The technology is currently only available to government officials like diplomats and military command, with a few exceptions made for major investors. However, it is theorized that remote projection could become publically available within the next decade.

Examples of Telepresence

Video is the most commonly used communication. It allows all parties to see and communicate with eachother. Holographs allow for a 3D visual of the individual. Holographs are used for preformances and broadcasts, and is typically onesided. Telerobotics are remote-controlled robots, often used in situations that would be dangerous for humanoids. Remote Projection allows an individual to project their conciousness across the Sol System and temporarily host it in a Remote Personality Cache/Display, enabling real time communication.

Speed of Communication

The lack of instant communication is one of the great barriers of a solar society. Where planetside wireless transmissions are near instant, but with the vast distances of space interplanetary wireless transmissions can take minutes or even several hours to arrive. This is not a great barrier for broadcasting, but in two-way communication transmission time quickly adds up. In situtations where a single message may take only ten minutes, asking for clarification would be at least a twenty minute wait to send the request and recieve the reply. Several mechanisms for faster-than-light communications have been proposed and studied, including but not limited to quantum nonlocality, quantum tunnelling, and theoretical superliminal particles. While valuable research, they have all been dismissed as dead ends for the purposes of FTL interplanetary communication.

Spacecraft	Kallisti Aerospace ( Sunderer SF-1 · Sunbreaker SF-2 ) · Jupiter Stella ( Aerie O-1 · Cyklopes SSF-9 ) · Heretic GA-7 · Dragonfly Carrier · Airdocks
Telepresence	Interlace ( Super Wide Access Network ) · Remote Personality Cache/Display
Other	Bosonic Clock · Gateway Portals · Gravity Plates · Personal Computer
Materials	Astrallite · Aurorite · Oortite