A virtual encounter system includes a mannequin having life-like features.
The mannequin includes a body, a camera, coupled to the body, for sending
video signals over a communications network, and a microphone, coupled to
the body, for sending audio signals to the communications network. The
system also includes a set of goggles that includes a display to render
video signals received from the camera and a transducer to transduce the
audio signals received from the microphone.