Diversified virtual reality and augmented reality company The Glimpse Group Inc, has announced that its subsidiary company Foretell Reality has integrated conversational artificial intelligence into its VR platform.
The company reported that the new integration could revolutionise the way users engage and interact in virtual environments across different industries from education, training, healthcare and marketing.
Glimpse’s President & CEO, Lyron Bentovim, commented, “This AI integration is expected to be a game changer for the industry driving a much more engaging, realistic and effective immersive experience. Not only will it enhance the overall user experience but also open up new avenues for interaction and exploration within virtual environments. We are proud to be at the forefront of this technological evolution and will continue to focus on building and implementing the opportunities AI offers across our companies and technologies.”
AI to boost VR adoption
Glimpse’s new conversational AI feature uses GPT-3 to enable VR experiences to respond to natural language inputs from users. The Foretell VR platform also allows users to communicate with virtual characters in a conversational tone.
This new functionality is expected to provide a higher level of engagement in virtual environments, creating a more realistic and life-like experience for users.
“The integration of AI into our VR platform and experiences will help accelerate the adoption of VR technology, and make it a more effective medium for our key customers in the education and healthcare sectors. AI can also be used to assess trainees’ performance and provide feedback and analytics,” said Foretell Reality General Manager, Dror Goldberg.
The power of AI
Foretell Reality’s integration of GPT-3 is a step towards creating a more realistic immersive experience. The applications for the new technology could also provide soft skills training that’ll allow employees and even students to simulate professional and social interactions with customers and partners.
Generative AI-powered language models have become very popular after AI research and deployment company OpenAI launched its ChatGPT language model which triggered behemoth companies such as Google and Microsoft to respond with AI language models of their own.
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