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Marvin Minsky – Web of Stories
- tymbaka 11y agoYou can see the zero bandwidth video phone at Nicholas Negroponte TED talk "A 30-year history of the future" - https://www.ted.com/talks/nicholas_negroponte_a_30_year_history_of_the_future?language=en#t-352192 https://www.ted.com/talks/nicholas_negroponte_a_30_year_hist...
- Razengan 11y agoThat actually sounds like a cool idea for a new wave of mobile apps... Anyone remember the "emotion wheel" from that Microsoft Comic Chat [1] app of old? If I recall correctly, when you typed something like "lol" it would automatically pick the laughing image, and so on. Something like that, with reconstructions of your actual face based on how your voice sounds (after you've trained it with a few expressions) should be possible with current tech. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Comic_Chat https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Comic_Chat
- Zikes 11y agoGoogle Hangouts has a feature that sounds a bit like Comic Chat. When you type in certain phrases an animation will briefly play at the bottom of the window. Certain triggers I've noticed are "merry christmas", "happy birthday", "happy new year", and "lolol".