Kurt,
I am not so sure about that. Don't be too distracted by the 3d stuff. This is an intelligent agent and on the web site you can see what kind of tasks this agent will perform, from screening the internet to reminding important appointments, to acting as customer support, salesman or whatever in the e-commerce.
Look at this quote from CBS market watch
<IBM (IBM) is ready to ship its ViaVoice 98 at the end of the month. The voice recognition software will retail at $49.95 at the low end and rise up to $149 for dictation with menu navigation commands. The software supports Windows.>
Look at how much more you need to pay for the ViaVoice with menu navigation commands over the simple version. And reading the licensing agreement 3d planet just recently signed with IBM it looks like 3d planet's technology is the one to offer these enhanced capabilities.
Here is another quote from 3d planet's web site
<One day we will be able to speak to our computers and the computer will not only recognize our words, but it will understand what we are saying and react accordingly. This human/computer interaction is what we consider to be the future of computing. But for this future to become a reality there are quite a few technologies that need to be combined. These are: automatic speech recognition, speech synthesis, artificial intelligence, natural language understanding and realistic personalities. It's the combination of these technologies that we call the "intelligent agent".>
I think the first sentence already explains that this is not just simply a talking head. It listens, understands and reacts accordingly, so it must do something for you. This is an intriguing thing here and unfortunately there is not very much info available right now, but it certainly deserves a closer look and a constant monitoring.
Just my opinion, of course,
Best wishes and good luck to us all,
Frank
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