Still in the funding phase, Omnipresenz is revolutionizing the way people explore and interact with the world. Indiegogo is hosting the crowdsourcing fundraiser and they are asking for €33,000 or about $45,000 for the project. The concept is simple: use real people as avatars for a client who is sitting at a computer.

Avatars were originally introduced to instant messaging as a way to bring 3-D socializing to the web, but as virtual reality costs decrease it becomes more available to the average consumer. Omnipresenz labels its company as the “Ultimate social sightseeing adventure.” The process works through an online interface that shows you the first person view of the real life avatar who is exploring the world, riding a roller coaster, or choosing fruit at a local market. The client at the computer can type questions or directions to the avatar . For instance, the client wants to smell the flowers, he simply types that into the “chatroom” and the directions get converted to the audio for the avatar to complete.

This technology – the ability to control a real life avatar – can have so many sphere’s of influence, such as health care, culture, art, education, and tourism.

Daniel Gonzalez Franco is the CEO of Omnipresenz and he has a fascination with creative design for diverse telepresence, binaural audio, and audiovisual interactive art installations. This passion led him to many international music festivals, but now to the web in order to change the way we thought we explore, socialize and engage with the world around us.