Some free haptek stuff

[snowman]

Hey you guys,

Below is a quote from a post on AiDreams. It has a link to some interesting haptars.
Thought some of you might be interested.



Hi all

Wow last time I posted on this forum was 2010. How is everyone doing? Well, I have a big gift for everyone who is still interested in Haptek. Below is a link with the Haptek objects I used in my PhD research. You will find many interesting goodies (e.g., a Haptek character with 2000 plus animations). Haptek is dead but if you are still interested in their technology you will find it fun to play with.

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/31911184/Haptek.zip

BTW, every since Unity appeared there doesn't seem to be many companies working in creating new avatar engines. Unity's Machinima seems to be the way forward now days to create avatars

[NIGE]

Hmm, great find.
Now we have something else to play with.
Will see what we can do with it.
Thanks Snowman.
While i'm here, when do we see Athena?
I remember you saying over 12 months ago that she was nearly ready?

[snowman]

Thanks Nige for asking. Its been awhile since I've talked to you. So sorry. 

Um, I don't ever recall saying she was nearly finished. I've always said I was making good progress with her, or maybe the end is in sight. I'm sorry if it sounded like it was a promise. I try not to make promises... However...

I'm shooting for the end of this year as a possible beta trial date. I don't know if I'll make that date but its a feasible goal. 

Yeah, I lost your email Nige or I would have sent the latest update video. Its not as good as I want it to be but I was buying some time before I made a more interesting vid.

I'm working on NLP (Natural Language Processing). I'm fine tuning my version of neural-networks. I've completely re-done my database coding. I'm rewriting the main UI in C# so I will have better code editing and maybe add OpenGL for a future avatar. If you've seen my video of On-The-Fly compiling then you've seen some work I've done on the compiler. It's almost like I'm starting to see the light at the end of the tunnel, but I'm hoping its not the train.


Here is a link to a forum post where I am giving some updates and other ideas related to Athena.
http://aidreams.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=5842.0#.UwEm9PldUsM

Also here is my youtube channel where you'll see a few recent videos. If you subscribe you can also set it up so that everytime I upload a new vid it will send you a notification via your email. Select the 'Recent Uploads' link.

https://www.youtube.com/user/aaronwsnow

Of course anyone who wants to can just email me at aaron@minervaai.com and I will add you to an Athena update (spam) list.. or we can just talk 

I've been working so hard on this project but I've been loosing sight of the people I've been creating Athena for. That's why I've came back to this forum and also made my presents known on Freddy's forum. I have to admit.. Freddy's got a pretty nice forum over there. But I have to give credit to where credit is due. Art is who contacted me out of the blue and asked me about Athena, and Art was the one who told me about Cload and his work. He deserves my respect for that.

[Art]

Gee, thanks Snowy... I only did it for the community at large because I saw a lot of promise in your program from a user and development point of view.

I am no longer active in the same areas that I was with computers back in the 70's and 80's and so much has changed. I'm a lot older now but still ever so much a fan, maven, afficionado of AI, chatbots, robotics, transhumans, futurists, etc.

So while your participation is welcomed and important, please don't lose focus on your own project. You can juggle right? Heh!!

Thanks again for the kind words. Regardless of what happens, it is good that we have a community of like minded people having fun and learning!
- Art -

[jackgephart]

I'm not so smart but I like the pants.