Telerobotics
A body of research focuses on representing remote people
with telepresence robots (e.g., [32] [21]). The Personal
Roving Presence concept [21] was an early exploration into
tele-embodiment using, e.g., screen-based robots and flying
blimps. Research has also explored such devices’ role in the
workplace, and their influence on the sense of social presence
[13]. Our approach of rendering captured geometry without
semantic knowledge of user input, is quite different from
common telepresence robots. Our interactions focus on leveraging
the shape display for a rich, shared workspace, with less
emphasis on mobility