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WILDFIRE, VIRTUAL PERSONAL ASSISTANT with personality. ''One time I screamed an unprintable injunction and she said, 'I'm sorry, I cannot perform that function,' Mr. Black said. ''Wildfire also sighs when you call it in the middle of the night, and if you tell it you are depressed, it responds: 'Great. Now I'm a therapist.' '' My memorable first PA. https://lnkd.in/emgEd8H View in LinkedIn

LONG DISTANCE LOVE. "Humans will be able to experience new types of communication environments using all of the senses, where we can see virtual objects in the real environment, virtually touch someone from a distance away, and smell and taste virtual food. We will be able to communicate our feelings and emotions to each other more effectively with all of our senses." http://mixedrealitylab.org/ View in LinkedIn

CHERRY 2000 (1987). "In the year 2017, Sam Treadwell lives in a society where romance, economics and technology have evolved into a state where relationships of all sorts are commodities. When he breaks his android wife, Cherry 2000, he hires E. Johnson, to guide him across a dangerous apocalyptic wasteland to an abandoned manufacturing plant where he hopes to find a duplicate model Cherry 2000 to replace it with." Memorable cult film. https://lnkd.in/e5BViSJ View in LinkedIn

IMAGINE a mixed reality Samantha in the film Her. Touch, smell, taste, evolving AI. All virtual. View in LinkedIn

BLADE RUNNER (1982). "The film depicts a dystopian Los Angeles in November 2019, in which genetically engineered replicants, which are visually indistinguishable from adult humans, are manufactured by the powerful Tyrell Corporation as well as by other "mega-corporations" around the world." For genetic Replicants, think also Claytronic Telepario look-a-likes. https://lnkd.in/eQijj8B View in LinkedIn

MIXED REALITY. "In mixed reality, the real and virtual worlds will eventually merge as one, to produce new environments where physical and digital objects will co-exist and interact in real time." https://lnkd.in/evzgUmJ View in LinkedIn

VIRTUAL TASTE. "Moving on to taste now, and Cheok’s most surprising invention: the “Electronic Taste Machine”. Wedged between two metal sensors, your tongue is tricked into experiencing various tastes, ranging from sour to bitter, salt or sweet, depending on the frequency of the electrical current passing through the electrodes. And like with the other devices, these electrical signals can travel through the Internet." https://lnkd.in/evzgUmJ View in LinkedIn

HER, THE MOVIE BY SPIKE JONZE. "Theodore purchases a talking operating system (OS) with artificial intelligence, designed to adapt and evolve. He decides he wants the OS to have a female voice, and she names herself "Samantha". Theodore is fascinated by her ability to learn and grow psychologically. Theodore and Samantha's intimacy grows through a verbal sexual encounter." Haunting. https://lnkd.in/e4HHQ_9) View in LinkedIn

DEEPMIND AND MORE. "Google recently paid a reported £400 million for the UK deep-learning company DeepMind and has lured AI legends Geoffrey Hinton and Ray Kurzweil to its headquarters in Mountain View, California. Facebook has its own deep-learning group, led by prize hire Yann LeCun from New York University. Their goal is to build a new generation of AI that can process massive troves of data to predict and fulfil our desires." https://lnkd.in/eEpdNGn View in LinkedIn

VIV CLOSES SERIES B of $12.5 M from "funding was led by Iconiq Capital, the so-called “Silicon Valley billionaires club” that operates a cross between a family office and venture capital firm. Multiple sources close to the matter confirm the round, which was oversubscribed and values the company at north of nine figures." http://techcrunch.com/2015/02/20/viv-built-by-siris-creators-scores-12-5-million-for-an-ai-technology-that-can-teach-itself/ View in LinkedIn