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VirtualDigitalAssistant(s)

Virtual Digital Assistants: Virtual Agents, Chatbots, and Virtual Assistants for Consumer and Enterprise Markets Utilizing Artificial Intelligence, Natural Language Processing, and Conversational User Interfaces

Virtual digital assistants (VDAs), which are automated software applications or platforms that assist the human user through understanding natural language in written or spoken form, are rapidly gaining traction in consumer and enterprise markets alike. While smartphone-based consumer VDAs are currently the bestknown offerings, virtual assistant technologies are also beginning to penetrate other device types including smart watches, fitness trackers, PCs, smart home systems, and automobiles. Consumer and enterprise use cases for VDAs are proliferating rapidly thanks to accelerated innovation and scalability of underlying technologies,
such as natural language processing (NLP) and artificial intelligence (AI).

Many of the world's technology giants believe VDAs will be vital to their businesses in the future, and they are investing significant resources to capture market share at this early stage. Consumer VDAs are deployed by application players and platform providers to serve consumers as a multi-purpose assistant with the ability to act as a conduit between consumers and a range of companies and services. Meanwhile, enterprise VDAs are deployed for interaction with a specific enterprise, using channels the enterprise typically controls, such as phone/interactive voice response (IVR) systems, websites, mobile applications, kiosks, and wearables. Tractica forecasts that unique active consumer VDA users will grow from 390 million in 2015 to 1.8 billion worldwide by the end of 2021. During the same period, unique active enterprise VDA users will rise from 155 million in 2015 to 843 million by 2021.

Read more: http://www.prnewswire.com/news-rele...conversational-user-interfaces-300360284.html

 

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iVoiceAssistant / TheVoiceAssistant

Why voice assistants will become the center of home entertainment

The mass adoption of the radio changed American homes forever. In 1930,more than 40 percent of American households owned a radio; a decade later, 83 percent owned at least one. The radio brought news, entertainment, music, sports, politics (think Franklin D. Roosevelt’s Fireside Chats), and advertisements to millions of Americans. It was the first time that ordinary people had access to live, broadcasted information from the ease and comfort of their living rooms.

Before the radio, American homes were largely organized around activities such as sleeping and eating. However, after the mass adoption of radio, Americans needed gathering areas to listen to their new radios. Parlors, or drawing rooms, once used for conversation, poker games, or perhaps playing the piano, became living rooms with radios as their focal point. People huddled together to listen. Radio transformed American homes and American home culture, formalizing the concept of a communal, family-style entertainment centerpiece.

Read more: http://venturebeat.com/2017/03/04/why-voice-assistants-will-become-the-center-of-home-entertainment/

 

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AIStyleAssistant

Amazon's AI wants to watch you get dressed: $200 'style assistant' Echo Look smart camera can analyse your outfits

• Echo Look is powered by Alexa to help users decide on which outfit looks best
• Takes full-length photos and short videos of your outfit from every angle
• The companion app lets users create a personal lookbook and browse outfits
• Style Check uses algorithms and fashion advice to give you a second opinion
• Echo Look can be purchased for $200, but is only available with an invitation

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencet...hes-200-style-assistant-Echo-Look-camera.html

 

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I own BOTssistant, listed here for sale

 

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I like the whole "assistant" concept...

virtual reality assistants /com
smart personal assistant

AND my favorite:
P@&N assistant !!! (Not sure exactly how this will work, but you know somebody will want one!)

e-Assistants

 

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I have AIButler and VRButler in king

AIChauffeur(s)

 

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AIVPA

Bolton College used IBM Watson to build a virtual assistant that enhances teaching, learning and information access

Key Points:

• Bolton College in the United Kingdom used Watson Conversation service to build “Ada,” a virtual assistant that enhances teaching, learning and assessment
• Machine learning allows the school to deliver timely, personalized and contextualized learning and assessment materials
• Ada has transformed the way that Bolton College engages with its students and teachers. The chatbot can already respond to over 2,000 questions across multiple domains.
• With the implementation of a chatbot, Bolton College is shaping how students learn, along with saving money for the institution.

Read more: https://www.ibm.com/blogs/watson/20...lege+post&cm_mmca1=000018SW&cm_mmca2=10004002