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Microsoft Promises Milo is the Next Step

GT: Peter Molyneux's Milo is the project that caused tons of controversy since it was shown last year because while many believed it was a revolutionary achievement the demonstration was labeled as Smoke & Mirrors and that technology like that was still far, far away. Milo has been hiding since then and almost nothing has been said on how the project is progressing.

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cyborg69715879d ago

Next step in what direction? It's creepy and it should be named HAL9000. Sorry Dave I can't open the pod bay door, oh I mean DVD9 door. This is not a step forward but rather laterally.

kaveti66165879d ago (Edited 5879d ago )

The best way to fake Artificial Intelligence is to give the subject millions of lines of dialogue, a multitude of behaviors and facial expressions, and a proper way of channeling the right dialog and expression in response to human interaction.

Microsoft is right about this being the next step, but it's not the next step in genuine AI. It's just the next step in the illusory nature of gaming. The visuals in video games are a trick, and so Milo will also be a trick.

fox025879d ago

I can't wait to get my hands no Milo

EDIT:
That came out wrong.

-Alpha5879d ago (Edited 5879d ago )

Milo is a demonstration. It's the next step in simulating communications between humans and AI. It's really neat, as creepy as it may be. Why so militant over it? Yeah, it's like Hal, but that's what many people would like to see become reality and Milo seems to be experimenting in that. It has to be utilized well by developers and what exactly they will do with it remains to be seen.

I know there is talk of Fable utilizing the recognition patterns that Milo demonstrated and it's actually quite astonishing to see in action. Milo extends the gameplay ability to voice recognition and it's a notable step forward for the way motion control is going.

I don't understand why people are expecting Milo to be an actual game or something. The concept is what you are supposed to understand. Imagine playing Fallout and talking to Wastelanders in the same sense. Again, we as gamers have a limited knowledge on what's happening but developers are always tinkering around and are open minded to the concepts. Perhaps, instead of bashing it just because it scares you you should try to understand the concept.

Wrathman5879d ago

for all you guys that dont have an xbox.a few weeks ago a video from lionhead appeared on the dash..it was about fable 3.in the video you could see people actually working with milo renders..so im guessin they are workin on it at some level.

but i dont know where they could take this freaky milo thing.its odd to say the least.oh wait..lets say im playin tiger woods.milo could be my caddy.you could get club advice etc..but when you screw up you can blame milo and smack him around.then drown him in the lake.

sweeeeet

jjohan355879d ago

Other than the creepiness of becoming friends with an imaginary little boy (pedophilia), I don't see the big deal about Milo. It looks like quicktime sequences, although the cues and input are a little more complicated but not revolutionary.

IaMs125879d ago

Haha Fox that was hilarious

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Mc Fadge5879d ago

The letters of HAL are all one letter after the letters of IBM

MrMacabre5879d ago (Edited 5879d ago )

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Edit: @above you mean one letter before right? well spotted though, spoooooooky.

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Inside_out5879d ago

Milo will be available at launch...been reported many places...It's top secret right now, probably be more info at E3 in June...First thing I would do is punch Milo in the face and see what happens...lol...E3 gonna be very interesting...

PirateThom5879d ago

Milo isn't any kind of HAL-9000-esque AI though, there's no learning or adaption here. It responds to set stimulus that has been pre-programmed. You know those online bots you can ask questions too? Same deal, at first it starts off logically but AI like this will always trip up, be it through repetition or just nonsense.

Milo is the next step, the next step after "Hey You, Pikachu" or "Seaman" and we all know the resounding successes they were.

Masta_fro5879d ago

they promise like we actually want this next step...

sid4gamerfreak5879d ago

"Microsoft Promises Milo is the Next Step"

Thats it, no project natal for me...

R2D25878d ago (Edited 5878d ago )

can you please tell why thats the first thing that pop into your heads? Pedo's can go to h3ll for what they are doing but even if a pedo does get his hands on Natal - dont you think it would be safer for them to play with a virtual boy than a real one.

AAACE55878d ago

I am actually looking forward to this. MS has the Milo project and Sony has the Eyepet project.

Next gen is for new experiences and for innovation to come alive. I believe alot of people were stupid enough to think next gen just meant new graphics.

The sad thing is that this gen hasn't really evolved much! Before you get mad think about it... Most of the popular titles out are shooters! As much as I liked Uncharted 2 and it's greatness, in the end it is still just a shooting game with a great story!

Very little "REAL" innovation has occured this gen beyond games like Flower, Pixeljunk Eden, etc.

Another bad thing is more random titles are dying off because the industry is under the impression that people only want shooter games like CoD, Halo and Killzone. So we need to embrace new titles like these. Have you noticed fighting, racing and platform games don't rack up sales like they used to? It's not because those games suck, it's because more people are buying shooters! Having online multiplayer makes them more attractive as well. I bet if you look over the last few years most of the games you have been really excited about were shooters. And alot of other games got put on the back burner.

Not downing shooter games, cause I love em. But just stating we need to be open minded to new experiences because they could possibly take us somewhere better than what we already know!

Christopher5878d ago (Edited 5878d ago )

I'm not into EyePet and I'm not into Milo. I can interact with people in real life perfectly fine, I don't look to interact with programmed persons unless it's in a normal video game, not just a standalone software item that allows me to send notes and talk to a digital boy.

Honestly, I want to hear less about Milo and a heck of a lot more about how Natal can be utilized to improve how I game right now.

Raz5878d ago

Interaction between the virtual world and the real one is growing. We're not too far off from the whole "Computer: Tea, Earl Grey, Hot" era.

Milo is just another stepping stone in the interactivity arena. Too bad Microsoft tried to sneak it onto the market before it was ready - you'd think they'd have learned THAT lesson by now.

Morgue5878d ago

Instead of Natal they should have called it NAMBLA..

pixelsword5878d ago (Edited 5878d ago )

Bear-boy lovin':

VigkVagk5864d ago

should see a rise in sales of the microsoft xbox 360 now!

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AlexeiBorodin5879d ago

The question is, can you actually disturb Milo? If you start talking to him about the ravages of war and quite how awful Lily Allen's music is will he understand? If you show him footage of some bloke getting his foot chopped off will he shiver in a corner and scream?

Not realistic enough if you ask me.

NateNater5879d ago

That's asking a bit much. Isn't it?

AlexeiBorodin5879d ago

well Milo promises much, so I will ask of it what it promises, 360 degrees! Would be odd if Milo was numb to all the horror in the world yet full of joy and wonderment at pools of fishes!

Sgt_Slaughter5878d ago

Well, hopefully we won't have "Well BAM, there it is" with Milo flipin out in the backround

Raz5878d ago

I suppose it isn't too much to ask to have a virtual person you can actually drive insane...of course, it makes me wonder seriously about the mental state of the person who'd want to do that in the first place...

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PandemicPrawn05879d ago (Edited 5879d ago )

I have no idea how Milo can work as a game.

Microsoft however has been quite big on a NUI (Natural User Interface) for some time now. Could it be possible for Milo and his hubworld to be some kind of interactive dashboard?

Redempteur5879d ago

as a game i still don't know

At best milo will be a next-gen tamagoshi ..
no way to have a good AI , given the number of subjects they can't use . but my true question is ..what's the point of milo ?

if you can command you console by talking to milo , that would be awesome .but i'm not sure if this is what they intend to do with it

Wrathman5879d ago

look at all the dumb droids in here.you gaylords seem to forget that you have HOME installed on your ps3.and last i checked..its a pedo heaven.and you talk about this milo!!LMFAO.

facts are this..if you have been on home..99% chance you have been groomed by some pedo to some degree.

simply put..ps HOME is a catholic church and your a choir boy

Das_Bastardion5879d ago

Someone should rip off your fingers from your fvcking hands Dead Space Style.

Disgusting and inferior Xbot

blasian5879d ago (Edited 5879d ago )

they could atleast of made a girl character but even M$ knows they like little boys just like the bots

avengers19785878d ago

Why is Milo interesting? I don't see it, I don't think talking to a virtual child would be fun at all. If I want to have a conversation with someone then I have real friends.
Why is it that Milo, one time admited by MS to be nothing but a tech demo, is even being talked about?
Is this the type of thing that the bots want from Natal?
Milo=Stupid
Natal=Fail
Gamers that want to use Natal for(Reach, or Gears 3)=Sad and out of luck.

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ELite_Ghost5879d ago

making more virtual friends instead of real friends :D

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10 Cancelled Games That Could Have Been Great

There's all sorts of reasons games get scrapped, beyond just being 'not very good'. Developers can run out of money, take too long, or screw up their work so badly it's easier to walk away than fix it.

And sometimes you just get screwed over by the Soviets, as happened in the late '80s, when Atari manufactured 500,000 copies of Tetris, believing it owned the rights, but it turned out they'd been snatched from under its nose by arch rival Nintendo. The rest is history.

We should be careful what we wish for, of course – just ask anyone that bought Duke Nukem Forever, an embarrassing travesty exhumed from gaming's graveyard last year.

But if we had the money, power and influence, here's ten titles we'd love to have played.

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prototypeknuckles5030d ago

add prince of persia 2008 sequel

Larry L5030d ago (Edited 5030d ago )

For me there is only one game that comes to mind. A game that if it weren't cancelled, and the creator's of the series cared enough about it to actually put in some effort, could have had the potential to be mind blowingly stunning.

Monster Hunter 3.

Thanks Capcom.

With the RARE step forward Monster Hunter has ever taken, Capcom pushes it down a flight of stairs. So much wasted potential. Potential easily reached too since it's the rare game where all it needs is graphics. Graphics are the easy part for a developer. It's core gameplay should never be touched since it's been flawless since the start.

I wish *I* had the rights to the Monster Hunter franchise.....and not Capcom.

PirateThom5030d ago

Every time I see that shoot out footage... I hurt inside.... it could have been spectacular.

user54670075030d ago

I know right...

Sony better get it out before next gen

MadLad5030d ago (Edited 5030d ago )

Shenmue 3 . . .

We did get Deadly Premonition though. Sort of scratched that action-adventure itch.

The idea of a Shenmue 3 technically isn't dead, most people know it's just damn unlikely.

AgreeFairy5030d ago

Deadly Premonition was garbage and not even close to Shenmue. The only Shenmue substitute around right now are the Yakuza games.

MadLad5030d ago

Opinions are just that, opinions.

Thanks for the input though.

Wizziokid5030d ago (Edited 5030d ago )

Shenmue 3 will forever stay at the top of the list until it's released.

Also Shenmue Online, that could of been cool ;)

theWB275030d ago

My two games were True Fantasy Live Online and BC for the original Xbox. Those games sounded amazing.

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Lionhead: "Milo lives on in Fable. He's now a little wizard."

GI - Gary Carr, creative director at UK development studio Lionhead, has revealed that while the team are still frustrated by the cancellation of Milo & Kate, the tech lives on in Fable: The Journey.

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baldulf5052d ago

They got a lot to learn in the noble way of trolling now that Molyneux left them.

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Lionhead: Project Milo existed before "we'd even heard of Kinect"

EuroGamer - Lionhead's Project Milo helped launch Microsoft's vision of Kinect to the world at E3 2009. Interact believably with a human AI using only gestures and voice!

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