But skype does miss eye-contact and picture of half body (to get all hand movements which are important) , and the illusion of being in the same room created by

But skype does miss eye-contact and picture of half body (to get all hand movements which are important) , and the illusion of being in the same room created by telepresence , and probably had worse latency , and probably other factors i'm not aware of. And we know from the "uncanny valley" that humans are very very sensitive to little things in human/human communication. So it might just be that telepresence offers a altogether different quality of experience. And regarding the topic - currently , maybe business air travel isn't dying(thought in 2009 there was a lot of talk about disruption from telepresence). But assuming we'll find the formula for remote face to face communications, and assuming there's enough bandwidth, the pace of change could be rapid(unless people will keep sticking with tradition, which might be the thing now that slows the process). Anyway, i would be really interested to see major deployment of telepresence quality systems deployed in homes, and how that would affect culture.