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The inside story of Microsoft's secret 'Project Natal'
- dandelany 16y agoGreat article, except for the end: "'Realistically, if you want a one-to- one conversation with an AI-driven character, that’s at least five years away,' Andreas says. 'But thinking about where that tech is going,' Burton adds, 'if it’s cloud-based, passing the Turing test becomes much easier. You just need a huge internet-like database, then work out how to data mine that.'" Uh, yeah, easier said than done! Solving global warming is easy: you just need a huge atmosphere filled with CO2, then work out how to remove that.
- jallmann 16y agoSay what you will about Microsoft, but Project Natal is really, really stunning stuff, even if it only works half as well as claimed. I studied computer vision in grad school; this stuff is hard. Hats off to you, Microsoft.
- j1o1h1n 16y agoSay what one will, eh? Microsoft Courier. How about if it works 0% as well as claimed?
- binarray2000 16y agoThis is one of those (rare) pieces of technology where I think "How in the world they did that", where I (due to multiple, complex areas of science involved) cannot even imagine how it can be done and this article answers lots of my questions. Favorite quote: "Incubation is a business of stupidity. If we don’t feel stupid, we’re not pushing ourselves hard enough."