Alan Cowen, Hume AI’s founder, sees the project as a glimpse into the future of computing. “At some point, everyone is going to have AR in their lives in some format,” Cowen says. “You’ll be talking to companions that help guide you through the world.”
Call on Dot while wearing the Spectacles and it will look like a 3D image interacting with the world around you. Ask it to find you walking directions to a nearby restaurant and it will show a little footprint path heading that direction in your field of vision. If you see something fun along the way, Dot might stop and comment on whatever you’re looking at.
“Isn’t it way easier when you’re in Tokyo to follow your friend who lives in Tokyo through the subway system than it is to follow the map?” says Alicia Berry, executive producer at Niantic Spatial. “We wanted to re-create that as close to reality as possible to reduce the stress of navigation but also just kind of make people feel calm.”
Niantic Spatial released a reveal video of this in action earlier this year, which gives a good idea of how the company hopes Dot will act and speak (if you can get past the cringy dialog).
Source: Wired.
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