Telecommunications giant KDDI has partnered with Mawari (which means “surroundings” in Japanese) to create a virtual assistant that can be “seen” in augmented reality through a smartphone screen. It can give directions and interact with the user by pointing the phone at a location in the real world.
This is the first example of a digital human as a service (DHaaS), but it probably won't be the last. Here's what it is and what the future holds.
Science fiction movies have prepared us for the possibility that usa number data artificial intelligence will one day be among us. How soon? We don't know. But that hasn't stopped a number of companies from trying to sell "digital humans" before all these questions about intelligence are resolved. What if you don't want to buy a digital human because it sounds weird? Rent one, of course!
The commercial makes it look like a more advanced game than, say, Pokémon Go. But behind the scenes, it claims that KDDI's 5G network, Amazon's low-latency AWS Wavelength edge compute nodes, and Mawari's own codec allow "digital humans" to stream to your phone in real time instead of running on the phone's chip.
demands of real-time digital humans, reducing cost, data volume, and battery drain while expanding capabilities,” the press release says. AR apps like Pokémon Go tend to be battery-hungry, but it’s not just the graphics that’s to blame; it’s partly due to the simultaneous use of GPS, camera, and cellular.
The video also features walking route diagrams and room maps, but they appear to be presented simply as part of a proof of concept.
Who would dare to become an inhabitant of a metaverse created for “digital humans” and pay monthly or annually for this “service,” as the acronym suggests? That’s a big question, but these days there’s no shortage of companies eager to join the vibrant metaverse. And if they can use buzzwords like 5G, artificial intelligence, and “Edge Computing,” so much the better.
It takes a lot of work to demonstrate a focus on the future. And perhaps right now someone will be able to bring their ideas to life.
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