We have all seen the potential of augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) in today’s rapidly changing world. We witnessed how companies are creating artificial humans with Samsung’s Project Neon. Now, an app is coming to the market that aims to create a very much “alive” digital companion for you using mixed reality and with a little help of artificial intelligence (AI).
Give Your Digital Companion a Face of Your Liking
Until this point, the app seems quite nice, right? Well, now comes the creepy part. One of the features of Hybri is the “Photoscan”. This essentially takes a 2D picture of a person from your library and puts it on your digital companion’s face. So, with this feature, you can make your digital companion look like anyone, whether they like it or not. You can check out the video below to understand how it will work.
So, technically, you can use a picture of a person who is not anymore in this world to create his/her digital version. This is quite creepy and reminds of an episode of “Black Mirror”, in which a wife creates a digital version of her husband who passed away in a car accident.
