NEWS: Chatbots.org survey on 3000 US and UK consumers shows it is time for chatbot integration in customer service!read more..
Cameron McNerney on 11 years, 8 months ago in Business, Case Study, Business News | by
Summary: optimized website #conversion and prevented abandonment example by #codebaby #virtualagent for #riverrunners
The whitewater rafting company RiverRunners has successfully implemented Emily Virtual River Guide to increase website conversion rates and prevents abandonment. The CodeBaby Virtual Assistant “Emily” is an animated-friendly helper for users searching for their ideal outdoor vacation. RiverRunner’s “Emily” acts as a personal “guide” through the information-rapids of online deals, offers, and ‘bundle packages’ that otherwise go unnoticed.
Read more about: Optimizing the Online Travel Booking Experience: A Customer’s Perspective
Erwin van Lun on 11 years, 9 months ago in Agent identity, Looks, Research News | by
Summary: Soon we can expect tools to model #virtualhumans having #ai dialogues with us. This is a predecessor
Check out the video. Just one of the tools to model anatomical virtual humans. Soon, we’ll be able to have conversations with virtual humans, while ‘undressing’ them virtually, first by taking of their cloths, which is obviously hilarious on its own, but then also remove their skin, and strip their organs. We only need to turn off the ‘pain’ emotion, because else the virtual human would respond like a human who is scalped…
Erwin van Lun on 11 years, 11 months ago in Business, Hilarious, Business News | by
Summary: Animated speaking #chatbot talking to each other, #avatar #virtualagent #virtualassistant #ai #singularity
This video shows two animated speaking chatbots talking to other. I don’t know the creator nor something about the technology used for AI components, speech technology or avatar animation. I assume that the dialogue is a text to text interaction and that the speech is synthesized (i.e. the speech itself of the other chatterbot is not interpreted).
ASR (Automated Speech Recognition) is definitely the next step. I’m waiting for it!
Read more about: Animated speaking chatbots talking to each other
Karolina Kuligowska on 12 years ago in Business, Jobs, Research News | by
Summary: Phd position in Lab-STICC at European Center for Virtual Reality (CERV)
New salaried PhD postition is available in Lab-STICC at European Center for Virtual Reality, a very well-known lab, specialized in autonomous behavior modeling and human/system interaction.
Read more about: New salaried PhD position in real-time animation of virtual characters!
Erwin van Lun on 12 years, 5 months ago in Website releases, Chatbots.org News | by
Summary: Almost 300 companies in conversational artificial intelligence, 3D animation, speech technology and biometrics!
We are soooo excited to reveal our new companies section showing all leading providers in conversational AI, (3D) animation, speech synthesis and speech recognition and visual biometrics, and an additional Vendor Selector tool to select providers, designed for organizations their buying process!
This companies section will also reveal our advanced business members: Industry leaders who have joined our business program, contributed financially and therefore empowered us to move this industry forward. With their support, we have been able to further develop our role as an Industrial Catalyst, advancing the industry of Intelligent Virtual Characters.
Read more about: Chatbots.org 2.8: Exciting new companies section with vendor selector
Erwin van Lun on 14 years, 7 months ago in Chatbots.org news, Chatbots.org News | by
Summary: New Chatbots.org: all AI awards+feature profiles of individuals +brand new design, and fast!
Three months after release 2.0, we are very proud to present version 2.5 of Chatbots.org.
Version 2.5 features all chatbots and/ or related AI awards, a special ‘feature profiles’ section highlighting everyone who has willingly shared their AI knowledge and a brand new design of the Chatbots.org header, including animated favicon and cute Twitter animation. In addition, the speed of the website has considerably increased.
Read more about: Chatbots.org 2.5: Awards, featured profiles and awesome design!