Introduction you with messages of love or take up arms in a fit of rage over your insensitivity?
Ever think your computer might one day pester
here are to be believed, we could then soon see computers that actually know you hate them, or in turn appreciate them for a job well done. research project currently being implemented by the center’s user systems ergonomic research group (User). Blue Eyes seeks attentive computation by integrating perceptual abilities to computers wherein non-obtrusive sensing technology, such as video cameras and microphones, are used to identify and observe your actions.
If researchers at IBM’s Almaden Research Center
Their initiative to make this happen: the Blue Eyes
the camera would immediately "sense" your presence and automatically turn on room lights, the television, or radio while popping up your favorite Internet website on the display. how to sense or perceive user action. They are also being programmed to know how users feel--depressed, ecstatic, bored, amused, or anxious--and make a corresponding response. Computers can, on their own, play a funny Flash animation feature to entertain its "master" if it notices a sad look on his or her face. with the computer "talking" to his user about the task at hand or simply acknowledging a command with a respectful, "yes, sir." information, such as where the user is looking, what he or she is saying or gesturing or how the subject’s emotions are evident with a grip on the pointing device.
As you walk by the computer screen, for example,
Part of this project is not only teaching computers
Voice or sound capabilities can also be integrated,
In these cases, the computer extracts key
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physical, emotional, or informational state, which can be used to increase productivity. This is done by performing expected actions or by providing expected information. to perceive, interpret, and integrate audio-visuals and