Telepresence

Tele-Tourist is an application for the web. Using the camera of the computer, the user takes a self-portrait picture and selects a specific location in the world. The application takes a landscape picture from the database and makes a composition after removing the background of the original self-portrait.

In addition, the application grabs weather and times data of that same location from the Internet, and modifies the resulting picture according to those data. For instance, it saturates the colors for a sunny morning, or it darkens and slightly blurs the image for a foggy evening.

At the end of the process, the user receives an image of him/herself as a visitor in the selected place. Besides, the program shows some main information of the site, which adds and informative dimension to the project.

The final picture can be sent to friends via email or printed with the size of a small Polaroid.

Tele-Tourist is a new way of having fun through the photo-collage. It uses real data in the process, which adds an unexpected dimension to the result. It is also very immediate (no need of Photoshop) and it can help to raise the curiosity on a particular location or simply take a tour around the world with an only mouse click.