Microsoft Shows Off 'Milo' Virtual Human

Posted by samzenpus on Wednesday July 14, 2010 @12:04PM from the patch-often dept.

adeelarshad82 writes "At TED Global in Oxford, Microsoft released a video showing off its 'virtual human' technology, named Milo, designed for the company's hands-free Xbox 360 motion controller called Kinect. Milo is built to react to people's emotions, body movements, and voice, allowing players to interact with the virtual character. It was built using artificial intelligence developed by Lionhead studios, along with undisclosed technology from Microsoft. According to games designer Peter Molyneux, the game exploits psychological techniques to make a person feel that Milo is real. Each Milo character will be unique because every player's interaction with the virtual character will sculpt the type of virtual person Milo will evolve to become."

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Re:Ultimately this wouln't go well. by Kenoli · 2010-07-14 13:04 · Score: 5, Insightful

Microsoft couldn't get basic speech to text to work reliably
My thoughts exactly.

Probably straight prerendered video.
Re:Frightening by Anonymous Coward · 2010-07-14 14:56 · Score: 5, Insightful

The purpose of ME was to make XP look good, just as the purpose of Vista was to make 7 look good.