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Management Information Systems 13e KENNETH C. LAUDON AND JANE P. LAUDON CHAPTER 7 TELECOMMUNICATIONS, THE INTERNET, AND WIRELESS TECHNOLOGY CASE 1 Telepresence Moves Out of the Boardroom and Into the Field (a) TelePresence: In-Person Experiences for All VIDEO CASE Systems URL /watch?v=rcfNC_x0VvE; L= 3:59 (b) AXA Cuts Costs and Carbon Emissions with immersive video collaboration VIDEO CASE URL /en/US/services/ps2961/AXA_video_ps2961_Services_Success_Story_ ps7072_Services_Success_Story.html; L=3:52 continued Chapter 7, Case 1 telepresence Moves Out of the Boardroom and Into the Field 2 SUMMARY Telepresence is one of the fastest growing business-technology applications. It combines the power of global, high-speed, broadband Internet networks with local video, audio, and processing power to create effective meeting and decision-making environments for managers at a fraction of the cost of face-to-face, in-person meetings. As the cost of telepresence declines, it is being deployed more deeply and broadly into business firms, involving a much wider range of employees and decision-making situations. CASE Telepresence is the effort to create a digital environment using video and audio technologies which mimic key features of real-world interactions with people and objects. Telepresence is not the same as virtual reality because the actors involved in telepresence are human beings, not avatars. Telepresence is more than just video conferencing because it has a more immersive quality. The prima