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Well done Rob  :)

More details here : http://robochatchallenge.com/

Some of you might be interested in this project I am working on (mentioned in another thread). In a nutshell I import a Daz3D figure, chop the head off and then animate it.

I just put a video up on YouTube here : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9feCLs-_7I

There's also a topic on AiDreams here going into a bit more detail : http://aidreams.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=6913.0

Whether I can get this into something usable with Hal is another thing entirely. I'm not sure where I am going with it. I have my own bot/assistant I am working on too and it will definitely be part of that. The question is if I can get it to be standalone in the way Haptek is. Also there's the licensing issue - I can't distribute Daz3D models, well apart from if I got some kind of deal, but I don't think I want all that hassle and expense.

But I could maybe do something like a tutorial on how to make the models but that's quite complex.

Anyway I am rambling.

Came across this yesterday when updating the Chatterbot Collection site :

http://www.lifemi.com/

Thought it was worth consideration.

Any news on the Ogre engine Rob ?

Seem like a lot of them don't work and I just tried uploading a fresh one and got an error message.

No reply from Rob about the anti-spam measures yet btw...

For anyone interested in this we have just published an interview at Ai Dreams.

Click here...

Dr Richard Wallace has put some videos of the conference up on YouTube.

I thought folks here would be interested in the one's covering Robert's presentation.

Here's a list of all the videos :

http://knytetrypper.proboards.com/index.cgi?action=display&board=videos&thread=2375&page=1

I know a few of you here use Photobucket and I joined up a week or two ago, quite impressed so far too.  I was just wondering if you have to keep your account active for images to stay there.  I see from time to time, images are not coming from photobucket anymore, I just wondered if that was because they hadn't used their account for a while.

Is that right ?  Thanks.

I don't know why but it always seems worth mentioning a milestone.  I think it's the gamer in me.

[:D]

Been wondering this for a while now - just wondered if anyone had heard from him ?

Cheers.

Thought this might interest/enrage a few people :

http://mashable.com/2009/01/14/youtube-mutes-videos/

Couldn't help notice the lack of posts this weekend.

Have you all been hauled away to excessive eating and drinking parties ?

If so than why wasn't I invited [;)][}:)][:D]

Anyone else having trouble with the forum ?  It seems to be down a lot the past day or two.

[C:\Program Files\Zabaware\Ultra Hal Assistant 6\Characters]

Was talking to Raybe and Lightspeed in another thread about this.  Here's a simple plugin I made that will allow you to change the lighting by command.

There's a selection (10) of hap files that need to be used with it, these come in a folder that you need to drop in the C:\Program Files\Zabaware\Ultra Hal Assistant 6\Characters folder.  The whole folder I mean, just so they don't get lost in all the other files and are easy to find.

The commands are :

• light from above


• light from above left


• light from above right


• light from behind


• light from below


• light from below left


• light from below right


• light from front


• light from left


• light from right


• light help

'Light Help' gives the commands you can use.

One thing I am unsure of is how to stop Hal making other comments apart from the one I specify.  Does anyone know how to do that?  Not a biggie, but sometimes a comment comes up as well as the one I programmed.



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We had some snow here and I took a few photos.  I thought they might make festive backgrounds for Hal or in videos.  Couldn't upload big files here, so if you want bigger versions email me and I will post them on.  There's five of them, four in a zip file.  Hope you like [:)]



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Can anyone suggest a decent microphone/headset that works well with UltraHal?  Preferably one that doesn't hear itself.

Thanks [:)]

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I think I am getting hooked again.  Here's one I have been working on today, I think I have finished it - still not sure how the volume control will function though, maybe I can come back to it if I install Speech Recognition.

This one was inspired by the default skin of WinAmp the audio player.  They look quite nice together, I think I may try and get Hal hooked up to WinAmp actually.

Anyways, here's a screeny and a zip file, let me know how you get on if you like.







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The last time I made a skin was around three years ago, for some reason I had the urge.  Here's a screeny and a zip file...



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I don't use Speech Reco at the moment, so I am not sure what may go on with the volume controls, so let me know how that works out.  Also does anyone have any details about the 'talk' element in a skin ? I am not quite sure of it's full purpose beyond displaying an 'upgrade' option.

Thanks.

AiDreams has taken over the maintenance of this useful resource.

It's new home is here:

http://www.aidreams.co.uk/chatterbotcollection/index.htm

Full of links to online bots, programs, lists of related movies and TV shows and documentation. Take a dip!

Just wanted to warn people that I picked up at least 2 viruses here today.  One of them was JS/Psyme.NR, not sure what that does.  Also I keep getting the file ~tmp1174.exe which is another virus related file.  I repeated my surfing and narrowed it down to the Zabaware site.  I believe the viruses downloaded themselves when I I went to the forum page here, or possibly when I clicked on 'Active Topics'.  Hard to tell, but they were definatetly from here as I was watching my documents and settings folder as I navigated.  Soon as I came here I got the viruses again.

One or both might be trojans.  Symptoms are that at least one of them hijacks Internet Explorer and tries to make changes to the shell.  I keep getting redirected to dodgy pages and unrelated search pages or results.  This makes surfing a pain as the browser just takes you anywhere it feels like.

I can't seem to shift them as they reappear after a reboot.  AVG doesn't even spot the #tmp1174.exe so it can do nothing about it.
These virus's are a real pain so watch out.

Perhaps this has something to do with the forum code being switched off ?

I've set up a new section in the gallery at Aidreams just for sharing heads.  We have a lot of heads listed on the forum at AiDreams but I think this will be a better way of presenting them.  All you need is a screenshot and a link to the file.  The gallery also allows people to comment on your creation.

Here's an example:

http://aidreams.co.uk/forum/index.php?action=gallery;sa=view;id=123

And here's some simple instructions :

http://aidreams.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=1734.msg7193#msg7193

I hope people will find it useful.