Meet Milo: Microsoft's virtual four-year-old boy who acts just like a real child | watch for the gestural interface

via dailymail.co.uk

I don't buy all claims in the video but the gestural interface is gorgeous:

Excerpt:

"He will answer your questions and if you make fun of him he blushes and walks away.

In fact Milo is just like any other boy his age only with one important difference - he is a computer programme.

The four-year-old has been unveiled by Microsoft as the world’s first real virtual character who is convincing enough to be considered‘human’.

The player’s voice commands and physical movements are picked up by an infra-red sensor which works with artificial intelligence to interpret the player’s intonation and meaning, and respond accordingly.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1295004/Meet-Milo-Microsofts-v...#ixzz0u5OuqnKs

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