telepresence (?t?l??pr?z?ns) n (Computer Science) the use of virtual reality technology to operate machinery by remote control or to create the effect of being at a different or imaginary locationCollins English Dictionary ? Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014