Patent ID: 8587635

Claim:
A server comprising: a memory to store executable instructions; and a controller coupled to the memory, wherein the controller, responsive to executing the executable instructions, performs operations comprising: obtaining media content that is associated with a lecture; receiving first images that are captured by a first camera system at a first location associated with a first user; receiving second images that are captured by a second camera system at a second location associated with a second user; providing the media content and second video content representative of the second images to a first processor for presentation at a first display device utilizing a first telepresence configuration that simulates being present in an audience at the lecture with the second user, wherein the first processor and the first display device are associated with the first user and located at the first location; providing the media content and first video content representative of the first images to a second processor for presentation at a second display device utilizing a second telepresence configuration that simulates being present in the audience at the lecture with the first user, wherein the second processor and the second display device are associated with the second user and located at the second location; monitoring activity of the first and second processors associated with the presentation of the first and second telepresence configurations, wherein the activity comprises user interaction with the first and second processors; and generating activity information for presentation of an indicia of the activity on a time line that is correlated with the presentation of the media content, wherein at least one of the media content, the first video content and the second video content is adapted for presentation as three dimensional content.