NEWS: Chatbots.org survey on 3000 US and UK consumers shows it is time for chatbot integration in customer service!read more..
Jetty van Kooij on 13 years ago in Agent's Expression, Body motion, Business News | by
Summary: Disney Research & Robotics Institute develop computerized models with natural expressions to create 3D face model
Disney Research and Robotics Institute have developed a method which translates motions of actors into a 3D-face model.
Jetty van Kooij on 13 years ago in Business, Mergers & acquisitions, Business News | by
Summary: Nuance Communications acquires Loquendo: Speech technology development accelerates
Nuance Communications announced an agreement to acquire Loquendo. The full transaction will be closed late September 2011.
Read more about: Acquisition Loquendo by Nuance Communications
Jetty van Kooij on 13 years ago in Agent's Appearance, Holographic projection, Business News | by
Summary: Meet Holly and Graham: 2D Holograms transformed into virtual boarding agents
Various airports (such as Paris, London, Birmingham and Manchester) are experimenting with so-called virtual boarding agents, these are virtual agents which for example kindly greet passengers when boarding or explain security measures before going through customs.
Read more about: Meet Holly and Graham: 2D Holograms transformed into virtual boarding agents
Jetty van Kooij on 13 years, 1 month ago in Agent's Appearance, Virtual reality, Business News | by
Summary: Blue Mars Lite: Meet and greet avatars in real-world locations on Google Street View
Blue Mars is a 3D virtual world platform enabling users to meet, chat and share their common digital experiences. Blue Mars Lite application goes one step further: Meet other avatars in real-world locations on Google Street View.
Jetty van Kooij on 13 years, 1 month ago in Business, Hilarious, Business News | by
Summary: When 2 chatbots chat:Entertainment or genuine artificial intelligence?Cornell's Creative Machines Lab experiments
What happens when two chatbots chat? Researchers from
Cornell Creative Machines Lab headed by Professor Hod Lipson at Cornell University have recently submitted this entertaining idea to this year’s Loebner Prize Competition in Artificial Intelligence. Objective of this competition is to fool 2 or more judges into thinking that a chatbot is a human being.
Read more about: When two chatbots chat: Entertainment or genuine artificial intelligence?
Jennifer Snell on 13 years, 1 month ago in Business, Events, Business News | by
Summary: Join Industry Analyst Diane Clarkson and BECU VP of Virtual Banking as they discuss customer login issues.
On Tuesday, September 13 at 1pm ET, virtual agent developer Next IT will host Conquer Customer Login Issues, a complimentary, educational webinar exploring online account creation and login issues, their effect on the customer experience, and ways that organizations are using technology to empower users to stay connected to their online accounts.
Soulla Stylianou on 13 years, 1 month ago in Business, Jobs, Business News | by
Summary: Daden is hiring: Programmers - C#/ASP.NET/Javascript with knowledge Second Life/OpenSim and Unity. C++ and Perl
Daden is hiring: Programmer/Senior Programmer - C#/ASP.NET/Javascript focus, ideally within a virtual world/gaming context (such as Second Life/OpenSim and Unity) or with data visualisation expertise. C++ and Perl would also be useful.