Dallas, Texas - May 1, 2007 Telepresence Technologies, LLC (TPT) - TelePresence Tech announced today that the company has developed a 3D TelePresence Room to expand its existing product line of 3D TelePresence systems. This innovation in the telepresence field is based on development work undertaken in the last year since TPT Director, Duffie White, was granted US patent 7,057,637. This patent covers an extensive range of configurations of telepresence solutions achieving eye contact with participants from a distant location appearing life-size in a three dimensional setting. The ultimate telepresence experience of the 3D TelePresence Room has been developed from years of experience with TelePresence Tech products that are currently in use in over a dozen countries around the world.

The TPT technology overcomes problems of eye contact video conference systems in a "teleprompter" format, where a displayed image is reflected in a semi-reflective glass or stretched film mirror (see www.teleprompters.com). Systems that reflect the displayed image cause a backwards mirror image and are prone to color shifts and other aberrations caused by viewing the image indirectly. This is particularly unfortunate when used with HD displays. By contrast, the format covered in the granted patent for TelePresence Tech systems relies on a direct view of the displayed HD images overcoming the problems of being reflected. The three dimensional backdrop for the image of the participant or participants is superimposed at a physically measurable distance behind for a true depth relationship.

TelePresence Tech will demonstrate 3D TelePresence in London on May 2nd at the AV in the City conference and in San Diego June 4th thru 6th at the Telepresence World conference. 3D TelePresence Rooms are currently being built simultaneously in Dallas, Texas and Brussels, Belgium for international demonstrations of the revolutionary technology. Please contact Duffie White at duffie (at) TelePresenceTech (dot) com for scheduling demonstrations this summer.

About TelePresence Tech

TelePresence Technologies, LLC is the world's leader in 3D TelePresence with systems currently in operation in Belgium, China, England, Germany, Holland, Hong Kong, India, Italy, Japan, Korea, Singapore, Taiwan and the United States. TelePresence Tech products are produced in a 114,000 sq. ft. fabrication facility in Dallas, Texas using state-of-the-art computer aided manufacturing. The TPT products are in their seventh generation resulting from product design, field testing and commercial applications of each generation in pilot projects and large scale international implementation of the 3D TelePresence solutions over the past few years.

Prior to starting TelePresence Tech, Duffie White founded Teleportec in 1999 following the submission of a patent that is based on eye contact with a person appearing to be positioned in a room setting (see granted patents US 7,136,090 and US 6,783,247). These early telepresence patents were the basis for the technology used in international demonstrations of three dimensional telepresence starting in 1999. Mr. White appeared on the Today Show in February 2000 and then on the BBC, CNN, NBC, ABC and many international television programs.

Articles covered his technology in TIME, Fortune, the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, The Times in London, and dozens of other publications. He conducted the first transatlantic three dimensional telepresence demonstration in June 2000. In 2001, White directed the transmission of Arthur C. Clark from Sri Lanka to appear in 3D on stage in front of several thousand people at the COMDEX convention in Las Vegas. The author of 2001 was enthused to participate in a "teleportation" experience that brought his science fiction into reality. The interest generated through the public displays of inventions by Duffie White has been a catalyst for the development of an industry that is now called "TelePresence". TelePresence Technologies, LLC was founded in 2004 by Duffie White to develop the ultimate experience in telepresence and to implement this technology globally. For further information contact Duffie White at Duffie (at) TelePresenceTech (dot) com or call 214 642-6687.

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