Meet Nokia’s Jeppe Video Conferencing Pet

Video chatting is so uptight. If you don’t want to be stationed directly in front of your computer, your only real option is to use a camera with an internet phone service like Skype. Luckily, video conferencing just got a lot more fun with the Nokia Jeppe, a remote controlled mobile webcam designed to feel like a pet.

The brains at the Nokia Research Centre Smart Spaces lab recently built the small wonder as part of an initiative to make video conferencing easier. With a Nokia N800 Internet Tablet in hand, the user can control where the little guy moves to on its two wheels. While it’s still in research and development, you can check out the demo below.

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