tech people will clown on this but I think its pretty genius
The average person does not care to use their Muse to optimize their life for productivity. they use ai assistants to shoot the shit and maybe cancel subscriptions they no longer use. Anthropomorphizing the mascot and making tamagotchis is much better for engagement
What is it with AI guys and having a "little buddy" on your screen? Half the vibe coded demos I see show some pixel-art character in the corner, everybody wants to put them in their smartglasses, etc.
Do you really need a fancy tamagotchi to be your friend all the time? Maybe you could name it Jarvis, that would be original.
I agree, but maybe it is not the norm for design folks?
I'm thinking of the movie "Her" where the ai assistant was only ever a voice. And siri, and grok in a tesla, etc. I think we can do non-visual personas.
I don't know, maybe corporate design folks think in trademarks and logos and this is just part of that?
(or what about deaf people? Do they need text, or something amenable to lip reading?)
I can't say I am a fan of Meta's business but I do like this kind of thing which is like "inside-out" virtual reality, that is something that brings a digital character into the real world for us to interact with.
Is it local only?
Well, when it is connected to the internet, it actually forwards your secret questions directly to their database.
For me this sounds more like they sneaked you - assuming you use it - to be in their world, not the other way around.
tech people will clown on this but I think its pretty genius
The average person does not care to use their Muse to optimize their life for productivity. they use ai assistants to shoot the shit and maybe cancel subscriptions they no longer use. Anthropomorphizing the mascot and making tamagotchis is much better for engagement
What is it with AI guys and having a "little buddy" on your screen? Half the vibe coded demos I see show some pixel-art character in the corner, everybody wants to put them in their smartglasses, etc.
Do you really need a fancy tamagotchi to be your friend all the time? Maybe you could name it Jarvis, that would be original.
I agree, but maybe it is not the norm for design folks?
I'm thinking of the movie "Her" where the ai assistant was only ever a voice. And siri, and grok in a tesla, etc. I think we can do non-visual personas.
I don't know, maybe corporate design folks think in trademarks and logos and this is just part of that?
(or what about deaf people? Do they need text, or something amenable to lip reading?)
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I can't say I am a fan of Meta's business but I do like this kind of thing which is like "inside-out" virtual reality, that is something that brings a digital character into the real world for us to interact with.
Is it local only? Well, when it is connected to the internet, it actually forwards your secret questions directly to their database. For me this sounds more like they sneaked you - assuming you use it - to be in their world, not the other way around.
It's an object from their world which is brought into (you can experience) in our world.