Abstract:Future 3 rd + generation mobile wireless systems are been designed to support high data rates in comparison to existing voice based wireless systems. The success of these new systems will partly be based on the data services it can provide. Apart from supporting traditional data (email, ftp etc.) & multimedia applications (videoconferencing, web access etc.), the combination of mobility and high speed data terminals will lead to innovative new data services e.g. navigation. In the PAULA project we are implementing an experimental distributed meeting service, based on Telepresence. The service attempts to compensate for the 'in transit' state of a mobile user by enabling them to attend a remote meeting while providing a high level of immersion, or sense of presence, at the meeting. The experimental system comprises of an omnidirectional camera placed in the meeting room that provides a constant navigable video stream to a remote mobile participant utlilising a Head Mounted Display.