IGN: I Have Met Milo

It seems that Milo bit interaction with the blonde British chick wasn't staged according to IGN.

IGN.com : I Have Met Milo : full article

fellow IGN'er Tal Blevins stepped up to the TV and was quickly scanned by the Natal camera in a matter of seconds. Once scanned, Molyneux asked Tal to try and peek around the world as if it were real (which was the same familiar country setting that had Milo sitting in a tree swing next to a pond).

Sure enough, the onscreen perspective moved in unison with Tal's head turns -- he looked left and then right and then left again, and each time he did, the screen reacted accordingly, giving Tal a better look at the serene locale.

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Now it was finally my turn, and luckily I got a chance to experience the best part -- direct speech with Milo. Molyneux asked me to say my name clearly in front of the screen and then take a step back.

I did both and then when Peter asked me to take a step forward and I did, Milo immediately recognized me -- "Oh, Hello Jeremy!" Milo said before hopping out of his swing and walking up to greet me. Next he quipped, "I see you're wearing blue today," in reaction to the blue shirt that I had on.

I could hear the sound of impressed acknowledgments from the people standing behind me right afterwards

IGN

what was your personal first impression when you first saw the milo demo?

P.S. as usual, apologies if old.

It seems that Milo bit interaction with the blonde British chick wasn't staged according to IGN.

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IGN.com : I Have Met Milo : full article

fellow IGN'er Tal Blevins stepped up to the TV and was quickly scanned by the Natal camera in a matter of seconds. Once scanned, Molyneux asked Tal to try and peek around the world as if it were real (which was the same familiar country setting that had Milo sitting in a tree swing next to a pond).

Sure enough, the onscreen perspective moved in unison with Tal's head turns -- he looked left and then right and then left again, and each time he did, the screen reacted accordingly, giving Tal a better look at the serene locale.

...

Now it was finally my turn, and luckily I got a chance to experience the best part -- direct speech with Milo. Molyneux asked me to say my name clearly in front of the screen and then take a step back.

I did both and then when Peter asked me to take a step forward and I did, Milo immediately recognized me -- "Oh, Hello Jeremy!" Milo said before hopping out of his swing and walking up to greet me. Next he quipped, "I see you're wearing blue today," in reaction to the blue shirt that I had on.

I could hear the sound of impressed acknowledgments from the people standing behind me right afterwards

what was your personal first impression when you first saw the milo demo?

P.S. as usual, apologies if old.

reminded me of alice from the Residnet evil movies, agree?

Hello Dave, I am sorry but you can't play Your PS3 anymore. :o

Do you know what would be really cool...

This in an RPG....

Wow. I just realised how good natal could be if it's used properly. Can you imagine that. Talking to NPC's! You could be given a list of command choices to ask it. Or it could recognise key words. I don't trust the AI to do anything other than heavily scripited stuff. ("Go to the lake milo" - Why should I go to the lake milo? - We should do some more go to the lake milo). Wow....They need to make an RPG like this.... FUND IT!

Do you know what would be really cool...

This in an RPG....

Wow. I just realised how good natal could be if it's used properly. Can you imagine that. Talking to NPC's! You could be given a list of command choices to ask it. Or it could recognise key words. I don't trust the AI to do anything other than heavily scripited stuff. ("Go to the lake milo" - Why should I go to the lake milo? - We should do some more go to the lake milo). Wow....They need to make an RPG like this.... FUND IT!

hip-hop-cola2

For some reason this reminds me a lot of HAL from A Space Odyssey. I don't trust Milo.

But seriously I think it's pretty cool. Although I'm sure if you were really trying to push Milo's limit you could.

Do you know what would be really cool...

This in an RPG....

Wow. I just realised how good natal could be if it's used properly. Can you imagine that. Talking to NPC's! You could be given a list of command choices to ask it. Or it could recognise key words. I don't trust the AI to do anything other than heavily scripited stuff. ("Go to the lake milo" - Why should I go to the lake milo? - We should do some more go to the lake milo). Wow....They need to make an RPG like this.... FUND IT!

hip-hop-cola2

I fear Milo may come out of my TV at night and touch me

How is it possible that it doesnt repeat itsalf after a few questions/time? Its an AI after all

How is it possible that it doesnt repeat itsalf after a few questions/time? Its an AI after all

PAL360

It is just canned dialogue, I doubt he would be able to respond to "where are your parents?"

my impression....Natal and Milo are lame...gimme real games puhlease

Eventually it would. Its pretty easy to trip up Chatbots. For example its very easy to see that Elbot is an AI when he gives you random answers. Unless Milo is lot more advanced, it should be pretty easy to fool

As posted in another topic - Its got to be scripted!!!

I don't understand how this is going to be released as a game. It has to be scripted, if it isn't then it would most likely pass the 'Turing Test'. And, at the same time is generating a computer image which supposedly can show emotion whilst also being capable of reading emotion.

No robot has ever passed the Turing Test, which requires the robot to fool 30% of its human interrogators (They believe they are communicating with a real person via text).

The Technology obviuosly has massive ramifications for the entertainment industry. However, what i've just been told is surely decades away from being a reality.

Eyetoy style games. hell yeah, peice of cake. Virtual AI style games, i don't think so

How is it possible that it doesnt repeat itsalf after a few questions/time? Its an AI after all

PAL360

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How is it possible that it doesnt repeat itsalf after a few questions/time? Its an AI after all

Animal-Mother

QFT - furbies were quite anoying, didnt they interact with each other if you had more than one?

I wonder what would happen if you had 2 natal/milos opposite each other?

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How is it possible that it doesnt repeat itsalf after a few questions/time? Its an AI after all

matma7

QFT - furbies were quite anoying, didnt they interact with each other if you had more than one?

I wonder what would happen if you had 2 natal/milos opposite each other?

i thought it was incredible!!! i cannot wait to get my hands on it to see what all it can do. theres so much potential in that thing. i wonder in what ways will it b tappedslvrraven9

I don't see why some guys feel the need to point out it's scritped. It's fairly obvious it's not an intelligent self aware A.I, It's not called Skynet it's called Milo.

What your doing is bashing it for no reason over seeing the possiblities. Someone suggested an RPG, having RPG characters recognize you and make comments towards you, being able to walk about and look around this world like you would in real life. Actually interacting directly with the NPC over having a list of stupid lines you can say.

The next fable done like this would be awesome.

The only thing I could see this used mainly for is virtual girlfriends or something like that. Virtual porn? Don't laugh; the porn industry is huge.

I don't see why some guys feel the need to point out it's scritped. It's fairly obvious it's not an intelligent self aware A.I, It's not called Skynet it's called Milo.

What your doing is bashing it for no reason over seeing the possiblities. Someone suggested an RPG, having RPG characters recognize you and make comments towards you, being able to walk about and look around this world like you would in real life. Actually interacting directly with the NPC over having a list of stupid lines you can say.

The next fable done like this would be awesome.

CreepyBacon

Perhaps it's because all of these "great" ideas are already being done or could be done with the standard equipment that comes with the 360. NPC's already look at your character and respond. You can already look around the world with a controller. The system and games know who you are when you log on with your gamertag. And there's no reason why games couldn't use voice recognition with the standard microphone. What new thing could this actually bring besides mapping your real world movements to in-game (for which there are at least two alternatives)?

As posted in another topic - Its got to be scripted!!!

I don't understand how this is going to be released as a game. It has to be scripted, if it isn't then it would most likely pass the 'Turing Test'. And, at the same time is generating a computer image which supposedly can show emotion whilst also being capable of reading emotion.

No robot has ever passed the Turing Test, which requires the robot to fool 30% of its human interrogators (They believe they are communicating with a real person via text).

The Technology obviuosly has massive ramifications for the entertainment industry. However, what i've just been told is surely decades away from being a reality.

Eyetoy style games. hell yeah, peice of cake. Virtual AI style games, i don't think so

matma7

It doesn't pass the Turing test, it was demonstrated during the Eurogamer preview. Molyneux said that's the most important problem for them.

The game is an adventure/sim hybrid. Obviously, you won't talk out of context for too long, just like you don't try to don't shoot anyone in COD. It's only natural that you will follow the rules of the game. So, the illusion will be perfect.

Molyneux is a visionary. Remember The Room? That thing was science-fiction just a few years ago, now it's standard...

I like the eye pet in conjunction with the motion controller more. It has more capabilities to be used in real games and, as seen with the eye pet trailers, the eye pet is pretty similar to Natal (except for the voice recognition part).Odrec

ROLF, Made me laugh so much, i almost spat tea on my new gaming laptop!!!

***See quote below***

[QUOTE="slvrraven9"]i thought it was incredible!!! i cannot wait to get my hands on it to see what all it can do. theres so much potential in that thing. i wonder in what ways will it b tapped110million

***forgot to ADD***

I fear Milo may come out of my TV at night and touch me

dommeus

i lol'ed

Like someone said before, it would be amazing if Natal was to be properly imlemented into an RPG, IMO.

Imagine the possibilities, actually being able to interact with NPCs without the use of a controller and being able to swing a weapon and actually physically hold up your shield.

It has me frothing at the mouth

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I fear Milo may come out of my TV at night and touch me

macca404

i lol'ed

Like someone said before, it would be amazing if Natal was to be properly imlemented into an RPG, IMO.

Imagine the possibilities, actually being able to interact with NPCs without the use of a controller and being able to swing a weapon and actually physically hold up your shield.

It has me frothing at the mouth

No, no, no.

The npc idea would have to be on its own. It would trigger when entering a conversation like in most RPGs. A RPG based entirely on natal would be to much, I doubt anybody would want that much physical interaction, accuracy problems and the time it would take to do things would increase to much. I appreciate the idea of keeping healthy in a game, but leave that for wiifit, there is nothing wrong with wanting to sit down while I play. Having natal for chatting with Npc's only would be massively engaging, you don't need the entire game to run with natal.

Also not all Rpgs are oblivion style, but nearly all have NPC interaction.

[QUOTE="hip-hop-cola2"]

Do you know what would be really cool...

This in an RPG....

Wow. I just realised how good natal could be if it's used properly. Can you imagine that. Talking to NPC's! You could be given a list of command choices to ask it. Or it could recognise key words. I don't trust the AI to do anything other than heavily scripited stuff. ("Go to the lake milo" - Why should I go to the lake milo? - We should do some more go to the lake milo). Wow....They need to make an RPG like this.... FUND IT!

Mckenna1845

I don't see it being that difficult if you keep it to just Npc's. With games like old republic having such a giant voice cast, I don't see why a slightly smaller game couldn't do it.

My god. I love this idea so much.....

[QUOTE="matma7"]

As posted in another topic - Its got to be scripted!!!

I don't understand how this is going to be released as a game. It has to be scripted, if it isn't then it would most likely pass the 'Turing Test'. And, at the same time is generating a computer image which supposedly can show emotion whilst also being capable of reading emotion.

No robot has ever passed the Turing Test, which requires the robot to fool 30% of its human interrogators (They believe they are communicating with a real person via text).

The Technology obviuosly has massive ramifications for the entertainment industry. However, what i've just been told is surely decades away from being a reality.

Eyetoy style games. hell yeah, peice of cake. Virtual AI style games, i don't think so

Baranga

It doesn't pass the Turing test, it was demonstrated during the Eurogamer preview. Molyneux said that's the most important problem for them.

The game is an adventure/sim hybrid. Obviously, you won't talk out of context for too long, just like you don't try to don't shoot anyone in COD. It's only natural that you will follow the rules of the game. So, the illusion will be perfect.

Molyneux is a visionary. Remember The Room? That thing was science-fiction just a few years ago, now it's standard...

I agree that he has made some great innovative games. Dungeon Keeper and Black & White spring to mind, but unfortunately, Molyneux is known for building up tremendous hype and setting impossibly high standards for his projects as well. I remember the first time I heard him talk about Fable, he made it sound like it would revolutionize the way people play games and, while it turned out to be an entertaining title, I don't think it came anywhere close to the grand aspirations Molyneux had for it. Reading the IGN article written by the journalist that had a chance to try Milo only solidified my opinion that this is simply a "Seaman" game for this generation, which, while I think could be interesting, I think could also get pretty boring after you've experienced all the possible responses that Milo is programmed to give.

"Oh, hello Dave, I haven't seen you fora few daysdays I sure hope my novelty hasn't wore off because our three line conversations are awesome!"

I'll stick with EyePet (have any of you seen this years E3 trailer for it?), it seems much more normal playing with a little pet using motion control (and drawing pics for it to copy) than playing with a young boy :D.Stoner-Pimp

that sounded wrong, the young boy part.

what was your personal first impression when you first saw the milo demo?

Mystery_Writer

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what was your personal first impression when you first saw the milo demo?

loco145

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what was your personal first impression when you first saw the milo demo?

thepwninator

It's a game, it's called Milo and Kate. Kate is his dog.

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/e3-project-natals-molyneux-and-milo-interview