Willing jaw, penetrating gaze, flawless uniform: the security guard protagonist of this post only lacks being real, and in fact it is not.
Despite this serious gap in its curriculum, however, Secom, Japanese company active in the field of security, decided to evaluate the "intake" of this simulation generated by a Japanese software house.
The "Virtual Security Guard” is a project developed in collaboration between DeNa, software developer, Secom and DoCoMo, giant of Japanese telecommunications.
A large holographic mirror incorporates this "guardian" and his surveillance functions: in addition to the voice and facial recognition capabilities that allow him to "understand" on the fly who is admitted to join the company and who is not wanted, Virtual Security Guard interprets suspicious behavior and recognizes unauthorized objects. In case a face subject covered invites him to be recognized, and naturally in case of danger he warns his human colleagues.
When all goes well, however, the “Guardian in the Mirror” also acts as a receptionist, welcoming and providing instructions for visitors with a thoughtful touch of empathy: he adapts his characteristics physical to those of the interlocutor, so as to always be able to "look him in the eye".
In the case of interlocutor children, he even crouches so as not to intimidate them.
Virtual Security Guard is currently in the "training" phase: Secom plans to use it at full capacity during 2020.
