VirtualOuting + RemoteSelf

Telepresence today. A research path to full multi‑sensory experience tomorrow.

High‑fidelity live video and spatial audio for travel, family, education, business, and healthcare. A clear technical roadmap toward haptics, digital scent, and taste — guided by our research on transmitting consciousness digitally, including pain, discomfort, and ethical boundaries.

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Production‑ready: 4K/60 stereo or 360° video • Ambisonic audio • Low‑latency WebRTC
Beta R&D: Haptic gloves/suits • Ultrasonic mid‑air haptics
Exploratory: Digital scent (e‑noses & micro‑dispensers) • Taste cartridges
Ethical boundary: Simulated pain kept non‑harmful; no reproduction of internal suffering

The Five‑Senses Ladder

A transparent view of what’s possible now and what’s coming next.

Vision
Available
Sound
Available
Touch (Haptics)
Beta
Smell
R&D
Taste
R&D

How it works

We capture, transmit, and recreate experiences with meticulous attention to latency, fidelity, and safety.

1) Capture

Multi‑camera 4K/60 rigs (stereo or 360°), ambisonic microphones, optional haptic arrays, and experimental e‑nose/e‑tongue modules for events, tours, training, and clinical settings.

2) Transmit

Low‑latency encrypted WebRTC or SRT over 5G/fiber. Synchronization across modalities preserves temporal coherence — critical for presence and comfort.

3) Recreate

VR/AR headsets render stereoscopic scenes with spatial audio. Haptic gloves/suits deliver safe tactile cues. Smell/taste modules are optional research add‑ons with strict safety gating.

Use cases

Travel & Culture

Walk historic streets, museums, festivals, and nature — remotely and in real time. Great for mobility‑limited users and education.

Family & Life Events

Attend birthdays, graduations, weddings, or simple Sunday dinners from across the world with authentic presence.

Education & Training

Fieldwork, labs, shop floors, and skills training — with first‑person perspective and safe haptic cues.

Healthcare

Remote observation, bedside connection, empathy training. No harmful pain simulation; strong privacy defaults.

Business & Field Ops

On‑site walk‑throughs, inspections, incident response, and mentoring without travel downtime.

Real Estate

Immersive showings with spatial audio context and optional tactile hints (door handle feedback, surface textures).

Ethics, safety, and the limits of reproduction

Conscious experience includes more than five senses: pain, discomfort, and awareness of mortality shape human life. We design for presence without harm.

Pain & Discomfort

External pain cues (pressure, vibration, heat) are limited to safe training ranges and cannot reproduce internal suffering (e.g., migraines, infection, cancer). Our default is comfort‑first, with opt‑in training modes.

Mortality & Meaning

Digital systems don’t age as bodies do. RemoteSelf experiences acknowledge this gap — we transmit what is responsible to reproduce, not the totality of life’s fragility.

Philosophy note: Panpsychism & digital systems

Panpsychism holds that consciousness is fundamental in matter. If true, digital hardware might carry minimal experiential properties, but software patterns are not equivalent to lived experience. Our roadmap focuses on grounded, ethical sensory reproduction, not speculative strong AI consciousness.

Technology roadmap

Now

  • 4K/60 stereo & 360° capture
  • Ambisonic spatial audio
  • Secure, low‑latency delivery
  • VR/AR client apps

Next (Beta)

  • Haptic gloves & light suit feedback
  • Ultrasonic mid‑air haptics
  • Safer training pain cues (strict caps)
  • Session recording for replay

Exploration

  • Digital scent (e‑nose → micro‑dispensers)
  • Taste cartridges & textured substrates
  • Multimodal AI research ingestion
  • Consent & ethics toolkits

White paper: Transmitting Conscious Experience

A scientific report grounding our roadmap — from today’s telepresence to future multi‑sensory systems, including clear ethical boundaries.

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Executive Summary

We outline RemoteSelf, a capture → transmit → recreate pipeline for five‑sense experiences. Vision and sound are production‑ready; haptics are in beta; smell and taste require new chemical transduction. We explicitly limit any simulated pain to safe, non‑harmful cues and do not attempt to reproduce internal suffering. A philosophy appendix discusses panpsychism and why software simulation is not equivalent to lived experience. Applications include travel, family, education, healthcare, business, real estate, and multimodal AI research.

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Toward the Digital Transmission of Conscious Experience: A Framework for Remote Multi‑Sensory Presence

Abstract. The integration of advanced communication technologies, multi‑sensory transducers, and artificial intelligence opens the possibility of transmitting and recreating human sensory experiences in remote locations. This paper introduces RemoteSelf ... (full text condensed for web — request PDF below for archival formatting).

1. Introduction

Human consciousness is inseparable from sensory experience ... (abridged).

2. Technical Framework

Capture (vision, sound, touch, smell, taste) → Encoding/Transmission → Reconstruction.

3. Human Experience

The brain integrates inputs irrespective of origin; high fidelity yields genuine presence.

4. Pain, Discomfort, Mortality

Pain as protective, multi‑source; internal suffering isn’t reproducible; mortality shapes meaning.

5. Panpsychism & Digital Consciousness

Hardware may carry proto‑experience; software patterns remain distinct from lived qualia.

6–9. Challenges, Applications, Implications, Conclusion

Smell/taste chemistry; latency; ethics of pain; research pathways; careful boundaries.

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Contact & pilots

Ready to explore a pilot? Tell us about your use case and location. We prioritize accessibility, elder‑friendly interfaces, and low‑friction setup.