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, a Japanese company active in the field of security, has decided to evaluate the "hiring" of this simulation generated by a Japanese software house.
The "Virtual Security Guard” is a project developed in collaboration between DeNa, a software developer, Secom and DoCoMo, a Japanese telecommunications giant.
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" at a glance who is allowed to enter the company and who is not wanted, Virtual Security Guard interprets behaviors suspects and recognizes unauthorized objects. If he approaches him, a person with a covered face invites him to make himself known, 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 physical characteristics to those of the interlocutor, so that he can always “look into the eyes”.
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.
Clearly Virtual Security Guard is also available in a female version.
