London - A lonely gamer in Japan has created a virtual girlfriend that reacts to every stroke and cuddle, but knows when to draw the line.
The gadget enthusiast hooked up a Kinect sensor - a device which usually acts as a pair of eyes for the Xbox console, but has been commandeered by the hacking enthusiast community - with a pair of video glasses, which can overlay virtual objects into a real world.
The first thing that he did with that contraption was to make a girlfriend.
His partner comes pre-made from a Japanese PC voice synthesiser called Vocaloid, and is called Hatsune Miku, a popular icon in Japan.
The video at its first glance is very creepy - Miku walks at the user like a horror character from ‘The Ring,’ while techno Japanese dance music plays over the top.
Then she starts interacting with her “boyfriendâ€, giggling as he pats her on the head, and skipping and dancing around the park.
The next action on the basis of a tech demo, is not pleasant to watch as he slaps his girlfriend on the head.
Miku responds with a scowl - and this expression also returns when the user tries to touch her inappropriately towards the end of the video.
The character already has a range of movements thanks to her PC heritage, happily dancing around if she hears music, and skipping, jumping or simply walking after her “boyfriend.â€
Meanwhile, the combination of Kinect sensor and overlay-goggles work well, with Miku vanishing behind a tree as the man walks away, and re-appearing around the other side as he changes his position.
Shadows appear around her feet, and if you swipe at her tie, it flutters in the breeze.
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