From: Adrian Tymes (wingcat@pacbell.net)
Date: Sun Sep 03 2000 - 11:29:43 MDT
phil osborn wrote:
> On the plus side, the human can recognize nuances and details and make
> inferences that can add significantly to the experience.
Ah...no, the original proposal was that there be a human operator on
the other end - and presumably one more skilled in the activity being
done than the humbot (else, the humbot itself could just do the task
without the expense of an operator) - thus leaving no nuances for the
humbot to contribute.
> The security
> concerns that you mention would certainly have to be taken into account. I
> was thinking more about someone who would like to attend three different
> conferences in 3 different cities at the same time, or who simply couldn't
> make time to travel, but would still like to snoop around and check out the
> competition first hand. The whole experience would be recorded, no doubt,
> and several different teleoperators could tap in or take over direction. In
> addition, the humbot could be given general instructions and a heads-up
> display list of priorities to check out - boothes to visit, products to get
> a close look at, people to watch for, so that the teleoperators could take a
> break or switch to other humbots at other locations.
Ah. This might be useful...but again, if the humbot is skilled enough
to do the task, then why not just let it roam w/out operator? (Except
maybe for certain specific taskss, but the humbot would signal when it
gets to those tasks; this would not be at the operator's convenience.)
> I think that it would be fun to organize a party teleop during the Brazilian
> samba contests. A group - or a website! - oops now I've gone and killed a
> potential patent... Darn, gosh, o'well, could set up a teleop with
> good bandwidth and do a pay-for-view, pay-more-for-control remote party.
> The applications for X-sites are obvious, although they get pretty good
> dedicated site coverage already, I'm sure.
Taking a different spin on this...what about seating-limited events?
(Say, a legal proceeding or a government meeting where The Powers That
Be wish to limit public input.) One person sits in, webcasting what's
going on; a bunch of interested parties monitor the feed and have a chat
session discussing what's going on. Perhaps the person could even get
feedback as to what to do (say, if one of the viewers thinks of a good
retort to the Powers' "respond to this complex question within five
seconds or we'll assume our point is made"); either all the parties
could have voice input, or there could be a moderator who is the only
one who can directly give feedback to the attendee, and gives it based
on the chat session.
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