More news filtering in from the Milo demo at TED (Technology, Entertainment and Design) Global conference in Oxford, take it away, Peter Molyneux,
“Films, TV, even hallowed books, are just rubbish because they don’t involve me,” he said. “It’s a sea of blandness.”
As previously reported, Milo will use the cloud concept to help Milo evolve,
“No two people’s Milos can be the same – you are actually sculpting a human being. Some of the things you are doing will change the course of his life.”
Molyenux went on to reveal that Milo may seem to be alive as the technology exploits psychological techniques to make you feel the character was ‘real’.
“Most of it is just a trick – but it is a trick that actually works.”
The BBC also reports that there will be many ‘adventures’ with Milo, some of which will be ‘quite dark’. Part of the demo involved egging Milo on to stamp on a snail, not exactly murdering your father with a kitchen knife but still rather unpleasant.
The demo also included teaching Milo to skim stones before he confides in you that his parents have told him off.
Source: BBC