Human Uber Will Get You Out Of Boring Meetings

Japanese researchers are developing a service they call Human Uber. You pay for a service where “a surrogate user wears a mask-shaped display that shows a remote user’s live face, and a voice channel transmits a remote user’s voice.” Now you can annoy people to their face, but from home!

Read more at nymag.com.

“Human Uber,” developed in Japan, provides a way to attend events remotely using another person’s body. “It’s surprisingly natural” says its inventor, Jin Rekimoto of Sony #emtechasia pic.twitter.com/WZHPVcZ6M0

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