Systems and methods for telepresence rooms

A method of enhancing a sensation of a second user being present in a telepresence room, the second user is remote to the telepresence room, the method comprising:

• determining, by one or more sensors, a location of a first user within the telepresence room, the telepresence room having a plurality of monitors and a first object, wherein the first object has a plurality of locations for the first user to be positioned thereon;
• determining, by the one or more sensors, a generated data of a position of the second user positioned on a second object;
• displaying, by a control unit onto the plurality of monitors disposed in the telepresence room, a simulation of the second user positioned on the first object in a location of the plurality of locations that is different from the determined location of the first user;
• activating, by the control unit, at least one actuator positioned within the first object;
• and
• activating, by the control unit, one or more heat generating devices positioned within the first object,
• wherein the second user is simulated as being positioned on the first object adjacent to the first user by a movement caused by the at least one actuator, a heat generated by the one or more heat generating devices and a simulated display of the second user on the plurality of monitors.

A telepresence system comprising:

• a plurality of monitors, a control unit, and a first object wherein:
• the first object has a first location position and a second location position;
• and
• one or more heat generating devices positioned within the first object;
• a second object having one or more sensors operable to generate data, the second object is remote to the first object;
• wherein the control unit is configured to:
• determine whether a first user is positioned on the first location position or on the second location position of the first object within a room;
• display a simulation of a second user onto the plurality of monitors based on the generated data of a determined location of the second user position on the second object, wherein:
• the second user is located remote from the first user, and
• the second user is displayed as being positioned in a different location position on the first object than the determined location position of the first user on the first object;
• receive an emotion data indicative of an emotion of the second user;
• determine an emotion type of the emotion data;
• determine a plurality of predetermined emotion properties;
• and
• activate the one or more heat generating devices based on the plurality of predetermined emotion properties to simulate the emotion of the second user such that the emotion of the second user is simulated to the first user.