According to Gartner, in a few years 85% of customer-company relationships will be made without human mediation. To reach that goal we need Virtual Avatars to be more intelligent than they are nowadays. FIONA (Framework for Interactive-services Over Natural-conversational Agents) is a global online platform for the creation of Intelligent and Interactive Virtual Avatars. FIONA’s first beta version is going to be launched soon and we are searching for beta testers. If you work on human computer interaction and artificial intelligence, you are 3D Designer, you have TTS or ASR modules, or you create virtual agents, you can become a beta tester. You only have to register in http://www.sparkingtogether.com.
FIONA brings together different profiles. No matter if you are a 3D designer, a researcher on artificial intelligence or a company with TTS products or Virtual Avatars services. You are welcome in FIONA. Check out this presentation if you’d like to learn more
You only have to cover your creation, your research or your product with our API and you’ll have your own Spark. A Spark encapsulates any possible functionality and it enhances the services provided by the Virtual Agent.
Once you have your Spark, you are a Sparker. You can combine different Sparks to bring Virtual Avatars to life!
FIONA has three key elements:
- The Sparklink Zone is used both, for testing new algorithms and development of new behaviors for virtual avatars, and for developing specific services that can be provided by the virtual avatar to end-users.
- The SparkStore is an online store, where each sparker can sell, share and buy sparks. It can be free or not, it’s up to you!
- The Sparkrender Zone: The final Virtual Avatar created by different sparks will be running in FIONA’s platform.
The final goal of FIONA is to create a real Artificial Mind to meet the challenges we are already dealing with and we will have to face in the near future. So join FIONA and contribute to something that can reach the true Artificial Intelligence. Register in http://www.sparkingtogether.com
