Telepresence technology is a term used by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to refer to the combination of satellite technology with the Internet to broadcast information, including video in real-time from cameras used on its remotely operated vehicle (ROV) on Okeanos Explorer.
Its ROV will be operating working in a deep sea environment.
Data from the ROV is transmitted to a hub based on the land, which then send it to scientists and to the public.
[1][2] This effort of the Okeanos Explorer has been compared to the lunar landing.
[3] The telepresence technology used by NOAA includes the following:[2] The Okeanos Explorer is designed as an educational tool that can be followed on Twitter.