Movies? TV? Books? Video Games? Telepresence is everywhere!

Have you ever been wondering if and where Telepresence technology is used in media? I have been paying close attention and noting down appearances of Telepresence technology in movies, TV, books or video games and researching on the internet for a while and wanted to share the list with all of you.

Naturally many movies were books in the beginning but surely not all of them. That is why I still include a category about Telepresence in books, in case there was no movie made or in case I just have not seen the movie to validate the appearance of Telepresence in it.

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The Future is Now: Michael J. Fox and Michael ‘Flea’ Balzary using Telepresence in “Back to the Future”

Also this list includes only Telepresence technologies that provide the ability to have visual communication (or video conference) with a person in a remote location and does not include Telepresence as in “being” somewhere apart from your physical body (e.g. The Matrix, Surrogates, Avatar, etc.).

Lastly before we start let me invite you for Telepresence spotting in the media. If you find something, that is not yet listed, please go ahead and drop it in the comments below and it will be added. That way we can all help to grow this list further.

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Secret Mission: Start the Cisco TelePresence Call

Movies:

 TV:

  • 24 (product placement by Cisco)
  • Big Bang Theory
  • Bubblegum Crisis
  • CSI: NY
  • Fringe
  • How I met your mother
  • Melissa & Joey
  • NCIS: Los Angeles (product placement by Cisco)
  • Rules of Engagement
  • Scrubs
  • Sleeper Cell
  • South Park
  • Star Trek
  • That ’70s Show
  • The Jetsons
  • The Simpsons
  • Two and a Half Men

Video Games:

  • Borderlands series
  • Command & Conquer series
  • Halo series
  • Half-Life 2: Episode 2
  • Resident Evil series
  • Splinter Cell: Conviction (product placement by Cisco)
  • The Witcher 2

Books:

  • 2001: A Space Odyssey
  • Haunted from within

I hope you enjoyed our list of Telepresence in the media. If I spot something new, I will update the article as well and please feel encouraged to add comments below if you know other appearances that should be added to this list.

Updated: 06.05.2013

Cisco TelePresence in Michael Bay’s Transformers 3

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