Customer Service by Remotely Operated Avatars Gaining Popularity; Practice Allows for Work by Part-Timers, Home-Bound ...
The Yomiuri Shimbun A remotely operated avatar displayed on a monitor next to a self-checkout system serves a customer in place of a human store clerk, at a convenience store in Toshima Ward, Tokyo, on Sept. 19. By Shohei Yamaguchi / Yomiuri Shimbun …