{"id":5,"date":"2019-01-24T23:08:08","date_gmt":"2019-01-24T23:08:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/projects-old.etc.cmu.edu\/ako\/index.php\/mesmerize\/"},"modified":"2019-05-10T06:07:53","modified_gmt":"2019-05-10T06:07:53","slug":"mesmerize","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/projects-old.etc.cmu.edu\/ako\/","title":{"rendered":"Front Page"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Augmented Reality<\/h5>\n

Make the learning experience magical while also retaining the fun of playing the physical table-top game<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Speech Processing<\/h5>\n

Help the player have a natural conversation with the agent<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Virtual Character Personalities<\/h5>\n

Make the experience engaging and entertaining<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>

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About<\/h2>\n

Project Ako \u2013 Conversational Augmented Reality table-top game guide<\/p>\n

An ETC Faculty Project advised by Carl Rosendahl & Melanie Lam<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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What is this?<\/h5>\n

\u201cAko is an Entertainment Technology Center \u2013 Silicon Valley project that is creating a fun conversational Augmented Reality companion to help a player learn a table-top game.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Why did we make it?<\/h5>\n

People usually rely on instruction booklets, online videos or another player to learn the rules of a board game. Very often, this becomes time consuming and confusing.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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How does it help?<\/h5>\n

Our project targets to make the learning process easier by introducing a friendly AR agent that acts as a teaching companion to who player can ask questions and get answers. The agent has a unique personality to it that makes it compelling for a player to be interested in. The players thus have an interactive resource to learn.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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How do we do it?<\/h5>\n

AR makes the learning experience magical while also retaining the fun of playing the physical table-top game. Speech Processing technologies to help the player have a natural conversation with the agent. Virtual character personalities to make the experience engaging and entertaining.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>

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Trailer<\/h2>\n

Project Ako \u2013 Trailer<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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