Crazies & Co announced creating a holographic educational AI assistant called Sidekicks.ai. A device that adopts the latest holographic technology to offer interactive characters capable of communicating in a much more immersive way with users.
The company's team of experts wants to enable humans to harness the power of artificial intelligence with a more "humanoid" interface. The coronavirus pandemic has increased distances, damaging the mental and physical health of many people. In this long "social exile" children have spent a lot of time with screens, facing the challenges associated with online learning and distance learning. A change with enormous, maladaptive impact.
A holographic AI educational assistant was created to mitigate this impact in the short term, and to improve some methods in the near future.
Designed to reshape education
Sidekicks.ai is unlike any other AI assistant available on the market today. It doesn't just do "Alexa" things like forecast the weather or turn on the lights. Interacts and educates each member of the family in a more empathetic and proactive way, trying to reduce distances.
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Crazies & Co. is the startup that developed Sidekicks with the declared goal of transforming distance learning. The company has been part of incubators such as Intel Innovators, Y Combinator's Startup School e future works. Last month, Sidekicks launched a Kickstarter campaign that reached its goal in just thirty minutes and surpassed $300.000 in 10 days. Here is the teaser video introducing the AI assistant.
AI assistant, looking for the perfect digital interlocutor
The search for "human" interfaces to increasingly advanced AI and language processing software continues apace. Companies rely on an assistant like Sidekicks even for exhibitions or to host events. It can announce a product launch with the help of its advanced holographic display. She can initiate conversations and improve interaction with customers.
Imagine a “store” integrated directly into an assistant like this. You tell him "Sidekicks, I would like to buy a piece of jewellery", and a desk appears, complete with an assistant, who shows you the products and advises you as if you were physically there. The missing link between the physical and digital store. Or the hybrid that replaces both in many cases.
We are currently in the early stages. The AI characters offered by the first versions of Sidekicks launched just a month ago are still a bit cartoony and precarious. Their improvement will be rapid and advanced.
