Virtual Girlfriends?
Interactivity is clearly the future. Drew Barrows, an NYU student has developed a virtual girlfriend for the Interactive Telecommunications Program Spring Show at the Tisch School of the Arts. This “girlfriend” uses INBED technology, and reacts to her “partners” every move. If he lies on his back, then she curls up onto him, if he curls up into the popular fetal position, she will join him. Although this 2D projection doesn’t speak, it interacts to people’s movements.
Could Flapi, our Internet celebrity, eventually turn into a walking and talking boyfriend? If this existed when I was a kid, then my imaginary friend who lived in the attic could be seen, heard and interacted with, and I might not have been labelled as a lonely only child - just a nerd.
Source: New York Magazine ; Drew Burrows (Image)
Tags: Interactivity; Flapi;
