Chatbots.org Aggregator http://www.chatbots.org Business and technology news on Chatbots, awards, new releases. All aggregated. At your service. EN Erwin Van Lun Copyright 2010 2010-03-05T22:59:25+00:00 Final Program of Chatbots 3.0 Conference http://www.chatbots.org/conversational/agent/final_program_of_chatbots_3.0_conference/ http://www.chatbots.org/conversational/agent/final_program_of_chatbots_3.0_conference Chatbots 3.0 is a one-day gathering of bot creators, commercial users, enthusiasts, scientists and students interested in A.I. bot technology.

We have released the final schedule for the Chatbots 3.0 conference.  We have attracted an impressive collection of speakers who will present about a wide variety of topics of interest to all of us.  The topics span business, technology and academia.  There are still a few days of free registration left.  After March 7, the registration fee will be raised to 10 USD. 

Participants are gathering from all over the world for this exciting one-day event in historic Philadelphia.  Join us for this important, informative one-day event!  Register now at http://chatbots3.eventbrite.com

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]]> 2010-03-05T22:59:25+00:00 Pandorabots artificial characters in Smallworlds http://www.chatbots.org/conversational/agent/pandorabots_artificial_characters_in_smallworlds/ http://www.chatbots.org/conversational/agent/pandorabots_artificial_characters_in_smallworlds
Small Worlds is a fast-growing online virtual world that runs in a browser instead of requiring you to download a graphics-intensive application. Members of Smallworlds create avatars and use these to have shared experiences like chatting, watching videos, playing games, or listening to music.

Pandorabots is a chat bot hosting service. From any browser, you may create and publish your own bots for web pages, instant messenger services, virtual worlds and many other places. Pandorabots utilizes a patented memory management algorithm that scales in number of bots, amount of bot knowledge, and number of conversational interactions. The bots are based on AIML and spring entirely from the work of the A.L.I.C.E. and AIML free software community.

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]]> Agent's Appearance, Virtual worlds 2010-02-21T02:48:57+00:00 Intelligent Virtual Agents conference, Philadelphia http://www.chatbots.org/conversational/agent/intelligent_virtual_agents_conference_philadelphia/ http://www.chatbots.org/conversational/agent/intelligent_virtual_agents_conference_philadelphia
IVA-2010 is an interdisciplinary annual conference and the main forum for presenting research on modeling, developing and evaluating intelligent virtual agents with a focus on communicative abilities and social behavior. The conference encourages a spectrum of presentations from theoretical issues to working applications. Researchers in human-human and human-robot interaction are also welcome to share work relevant to intelligent virtual agents.

Intelligent virtual agents (IVAs) are (in the definition of the organisation) interactive characters that exhibit human-like qualities and communicate with humans or with each other using natural human modalities such as behavior, gesture and speech. IVAs are capable of real-time perception, cognition and action that allow them to participate in a dynamic social environment.

It is being held September 20-22, 2010, in Philadelphia, USA.

Last year I’ve attended the conference in Amsterdam and it was awesome! Truely awesome. You can still expect our report on Chatbots.org, which in a more academic context than we currently present ourselves. The realtime emotion aware parameterized avatar system of Steve DiPaola was a video report of things we’ve experienced in Amsterdam. Furthermore, we’ve attened the IVA GALA 2009 awards and we’ll soon make sure the participants and winners are uploaded to the 2009 page of IVA GALA. It’s all coming up!

2010 will be a great year for the virtual agent/chatbot researchers and businesses!

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]]> Market, Events 2010-02-20T18:20:42+00:00 Siri: virtual assistant for iPhone 3GS http://www.chatbots.org/conversational/agent/siri_virtual_assistant_iphone_3gs/ http://www.chatbots.org/conversational/agent/siri_virtual_assistant_iphone_3gs
Do you ever ask yourself if you are going to need an umbrella today? Or: ‘Where can I get a green tea latte’? Or: ‘What’s up this weekend’? With a new free iPhone 3GS app Siri, you simply ask these questions by talking to your phone. Your question will be interpreted and displayed and suggestions will follow immediately. Very, very cool.

And when you feel like travelling this weekend, you can just continue your questions after ‘what’s up this weekend?’ by asking: ‘How about San Francisco?’, as if you would speak to a real person. Sire will recognize that you’re still interested in something to do for the weekend as it’s context sensitive.

Awesome! Also check out review below the fold showing more examples of how you can use

 

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]]> Agent's perception of humans, Speech recognition, Agent's Capabilities, Lookup 2010-02-18T13:19:59+00:00 VirtuOz Announces Record Sales in 2009 http://www.chatbots.org/conversational/agent/virtuoz_announces_record_sales_in_2009/ http://www.chatbots.org/conversational/agent/virtuoz_announces_record_sales_in_2009
VirtuOz, the provider of virtual agent solutions, announced today that the company grew rapidly in 2009, posting record sales as a result of accelerated new customer adoption and expanded use of VirtuOz at existing customers in both North America and Europe.

2009 was another record year for VirtuOz,” said Alexandre Lebrun, co-founder and CEO, VirtuOz. “We saw accelerated new customer adoption, as the economic downturn reinforced our value proposition of companies using an interactive virtual agent solution to lower their costs while providing superior online sales and service to their customers.

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]]> Market, Business results 2010-02-05T17:06:58+00:00 Call for Papers: Pedagogic Conversational Agents http://www.chatbots.org/conversational/agent/call_for_papers_pedagogic_conversational_agents/ http://www.chatbots.org/conversational/agent/call_for_papers_pedagogic_conversational_agents
The benefits of the personalization and adaptation of computer applications to each user have been widely reported in recent decades. Educational applications are not an exception, both in e-learning, i.e. the use of electronic media to teach or assess, and b-learning blended learning), i.e. to combine traditional face-to-face instruction with electronic media.

Pedagogic Conversational Agents (PCAs) can be defined as virtual characters, which can teach or be taught by students in a domain, and even to serve as learner companions to void the so-called isolation problem of computer-based education. PCAs can be animated, and may consist only of a face, or have a full body (embodied conversational agents). Given that the educational application keeps a learner model, the PCA could use this to adapt the information presented to the user. It is therefore expected that the interaction will not only be more natural, but also more efficient, because it will be focused on the needs and preferences of each student.

Call for papers: International Workshop on Adaptation and Personalization in E-B/Learning using Pedagogic Conversational Agents, June 21th, 2010, Hawaii, USA.

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]]> 2010-02-02T09:58:04+00:00 Susan (Kegel Harley Davidson) http://www.chatbots.org/chatterbot/susan1/ http://www.chatbots.org/chatterbot/susan1 This time InteliWISE challenged with a task: how to improve the website of the oldest Harley Davidson dealer in the USA. We provided an attractive, smart and bright cowgirl who not only talks with clients but also presents multimedia.

Language: English

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]]> Mobility 2010-02-02T06:53:03+00:00 Multiuser Intelligent Digital Signage Concept http://www.chatbots.org/conversational/agent/multiuser_intelligent_digital_signage_concept/ http://www.chatbots.org/conversational/agent/multiuser_intelligent_digital_signage_concept

This proof of concept of Intel Digital Signage is designed to let retail customers touch its holographic screen to virtually tour a store, shop for products, learn about sales, read customer reviews, submit their own reviews, and share feedback with family and friends through integration with social networks and cell phones.

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]]> Identification of humans, Face recognition 2010-02-01T20:34:46+00:00 Advanced sex robot Roxxxy http://www.chatbots.org/conversational/agent/advanced_sex_robot_roxxxy/ http://www.chatbots.org/conversational/agent/advanced_sex_robot_roxxxy

The world’s first sex robot ‘Roxxxy’ by TrueCompanion knows your name, your likes and dislikes, can carry on a discussion and expresses her love to you and be your loving friend. She can talk to you, listen to you and feel your touch.

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]]> Agent's Appearance, Humanoids 2010-02-01T20:30:51+00:00 Inf.net launched – talking avatars go live http://www.chatbots.org/conversational/agent/infs_launched_talking_avatars_go_live/ http://www.chatbots.org/conversational/agent/infs_launched_talking_avatars_go_live Inf.net is a community of virtual talking characters (we call them “infs”). Users can create their own infs, design their appearance and then teach them and post on blogs, social networks and homepages. Infs are like chatbots but individual, customizable and look great smile

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]]> Technology, Consumer products 2010-01-27T10:09:32+00:00