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From the Ted Talk by Peter Molyneux: Meet Milo, the virtual boy

Unscramble the Blue Letters


Now, this tech incorporates three big elements. The first is a Kinect camera, which will be out in November, some incredible AI that was hidden in the dusty vaults, collecting dust in Microsoft, plus our quite crude atmpttes at AI at a company caelld Lionhead, mixing all those things together just to get to this one slpime idea: to create a real, living being in a computer. Now, I'll be honest with you and say that most of it is just a trick, but it's a trick that actually works.

So why don't we go over and have a look at the demo now. This is dtiimri. Dimitri, just waggle your arm around. Now, you nicote he's sinittg. There are no controllers, no keyboards, or mice, or joysticks, or joydaps. He is just going to use his hand, his body and his vcoie, just like humans interact with their hands, body and voice.

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Now, this tech incorporates three big elements. The first is a Kinect camera, which will be out in November, some incredible AI that was hidden in the dusty vaults, collecting dust in Microsoft, plus our quite crude ________ at AI at a company ______ Lionhead, mixing all those things together just to get to this one ______ idea: to create a real, living being in a computer. Now, I'll be honest with you and say that most of it is just a trick, but it's a trick that actually works.

So why don't we go over and have a look at the demo now. This is _______. Dimitri, just waggle your arm around. Now, you ______ he's _______. There are no controllers, no keyboards, or mice, or joysticks, or _______. He is just going to use his hand, his body and his _____, just like humans interact with their hands, body and voice.

Solution


  1. called
  2. voice
  3. attempts
  4. joypads
  5. sitting
  6. notice
  7. simple
  8. dimitri

Original Text


Now, this tech incorporates three big elements. The first is a Kinect camera, which will be out in November, some incredible AI that was hidden in the dusty vaults, collecting dust in Microsoft, plus our quite crude attempts at AI at a company called Lionhead, mixing all those things together just to get to this one simple idea: to create a real, living being in a computer. Now, I'll be honest with you and say that most of it is just a trick, but it's a trick that actually works.

So why don't we go over and have a look at the demo now. This is Dimitri. Dimitri, just waggle your arm around. Now, you notice he's sitting. There are no controllers, no keyboards, or mice, or joysticks, or joypads. He is just going to use his hand, his body and his voice, just like humans interact with their hands, body and voice.

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