co-presence
Being there together
Co-presence is the state of being in the same place at the same time as someone else.
The term appears in discussions of virtual reality and telecommunications, where technology attempts to simulate the feeling of sharing physical space: The video call created a sense of co-presence despite the distance.
In philosophy and sociology, co-presence describes the mutual awareness that arises when people occupy the same environment.
State of close connection
- proximityNearness in space
- shared spaceArea for collective use
- gatheringCollection of people meeting
- assemblyConstructing from components
colocation · nearness · face-to-face · in-person · bodily · simultaneity · encounter · meeting
State of perceiving reality
- HeideggerExistential ontology's founder
- encounterUnexpected meeting or confrontation
- lived experienceKnowledge from personal participation
- attunementHarmonious receptive connection
reciprocity · consciousness · embodiment · perception · Merleau-Ponty · phenomenology · hermeneutic
Gathered viewers collectively
- livenessState of being active
- theaterVenue for live drama
- ritualCeremonial set of actions
- spectacleVisually striking event
participation · witnessing · immediacy · congregation · communal · shared moment · atmosphere · energy
Existing in effect, not fact
- telepresenceTechnological simulation of presence
- video callReal-time visual telecommunication
- avatarDigital user representation
- onlineNetwork-connected state
remote · Zoom · synchronous · real-time · chat · livestream · webinar · connected
togetherness
State of close connection
- proximityNearness in space
- shared spaceArea for collective use
- gatheringCollection of people meeting
assembly · colocation · nearness · face-to-face · in-person · bodily · simultaneity · encounter · meeting · congregation
awareness
State of perceiving reality
- HeideggerExistential ontology's founder
- encounterUnexpected meeting or confrontation
- lived experienceKnowledge from personal participation
attunement · reciprocity · consciousness · embodiment · perception · Merleau-Ponty · phenomenology · hermeneutic
audience
Gathered viewers collectively
spectacle · participation · witnessing · immediacy · congregation · communal · shared moment · atmosphere · energy · applause
virtual
Existing in effect, not fact
- telepresenceTechnological simulation of presence
- video callReal-time visual telecommunication
- avatarDigital user representation
online · remote · Zoom · synchronous · real-time · chat · livestream · webinar · connected · networked
co-presenceremoteness
Quality of being faraway
distance · dispersal · dislocation · absence · separation
presence, present, presently, presentation, presentable, represent, representation, representative, misrepresent