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Ultra Hal 7.0 / Looking for investors for next generation of Hal

« on: October 26, 2016, 09:23:31 am »

Zabaware, Inc. is looking for investors/partners to take Hal's AI technology to the next level in return for equity. Hal's current code base is almost 20 years old and a little dated and not entirely suited to the mobile/cloud server world. Since 2010 I've been rewriting Hal from scratch using newer technologies to take Hal into the mobile and cloud-connected world. Development has been slow but with some investment we can accelerate development. There has been a recent surge in interest in AI tech by big players such as Google, Facebook, Microsoft, IBM and others. Now is the perfect time to capitalize on this. Please contact me using http://zabaware.com/contact.html if interested or if you have some leads.

Thank you,
Robert Medeksza
Founder/President

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Artificial-Intelligence.com(ics) / Strip 21 - The First Chatbot

« on: March 26, 2016, 09:41:45 pm »

The First Chatbot (Comic #21)

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Ultra Hal 7.0 / Quick Update

« on: January 29, 2016, 12:56:03 pm »

Sorry for my lack of visiting the forum recently. I had my first child, a daughter, born on December 12th. Have been really busy since and falling behind on Zabaware related work.

I've had Hal's brain in an almost ready to release stage for a while now, I just need to package everything together, update the graphics a bit (splash screen/UI updates), beta test and then release it. It's easier said then done though as I'm busy with a full time job and the new baby. I'm also trying to finish up a small side project unrelated to Hal that I'm doing work for hire. I'm hoping to finish that and then hopefully have the time to push out the new version of Hal. I'm unable to make a promise on a time commitment and it pains me that its been so many years since Hal got an update, especially since I've been sitting on an almost ready update for a while.

I'm mainly concentrating on just getting brain improvements out now. Character engine and avatar improvements are more on the back burner now as I know from experience how much money and work it will take to get that going. But there are some newer open source projects in character animation that seem promising to use as a base.

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General Discussion / Haptek Kickstarter

« on: October 14, 2014, 11:55:44 pm »

I recently heard from Chris Shaw, the founder of Haptek. He's trying to modernize and bring the Haptek technology back to life with a new technique he calls spontaneous animation. For anyone new or who may not know, Haptek is the character animation technology currently in use by Hal. The technology hasn't been updated in a while but still holds its own compared to any other character animation tech out there. He has a Kickstarter project over at https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1438878391/spontaneous-animation and is trying to raise $60,000 to be able to bring this project to fruition.

I've been trying to raise money on my own for a while to create my own open source engine for use with future of Hal as I was worried about the future of Haptek. I have not given up on my project, but fully support Chris and his efforts to breath new life into the Haptek technology. Zabaware and Ultra Hal will support any new Haptek based technology that comes out. Chris has a proven track record with character animation and is probably in the best position to get this project done. Please consider supporting this project as it will benefit Hal as well.

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