Microsoft files Milo and Kate patent

VG247 Writes:
Microsoft has filed a patent for Peter Molyneux's Project Natal project, Milo and Kate.

The amazing E3 demonstration was believed to be a tech demo only, but Superannuation speculates this patent could mean Milo and Kate will indeed be a commercial product.

Time will tell.

[ShabzS]

pottential... deffinitely looking forward to this

[green]

I taught it was just a tech demo, seems Microsoft is dead serious about this Milo and Natal stuff.

[ShabzS]

yah its an actual game... they're using the unreal engine and milo is the kid and kates a dog... they're really going ahead with this

[SL1M DADDY]

The next gen Seaman...

So now Sony will have people in their digital avatar form talking with other people in their avatar form at HOME and Microsoft will have people in their living rooms talking to digital AI...

Interesting.

[AAACE5]

The kid seems creepy, but I like unique stuff like this. It reminds me of Seaman for the Dreamcast. Plus my wife and kids liked it as well.

MS really shocked me! At first I was kind of unimpressed with their showing until they brought out the Natal videos.

[Thugbot187]

Microsoft takes E3 very serious, and if they bring it out there you know that's what gamers can expect. Microsoft said it themselves they like to be on the conservative side tell you at the minimum what you can expect and try there hardest to over deliver.

Its two days after and I can’t wait till next year when this comes out. I will have it day one.

[Richdad]

This much advancement in AI is too much for a game development studio. There might be some preprogramed sequences. Because only dynamic movement of an NGP with its own AI is some what impossible and it was infact said by BUngie that if that alone could be done it would be a breakthrough.
BUt Peter continued from there and the character even recognised a scanned photo that may be actual but some part would be sequence for sure. This is coming from a Xbox fan.

[nnotdead]

the whole talking to AI can be done with the headset now. look at the part with handing the paper. the kid goes into the animation for the piece of paper before she hands him the paper. not to mention all the stuff the lady said, and Milo didnt respond to. it is like any rpg with dialogue trees. instead of clicking your chose of text you just speak it. the playing in water was eyetoyish. its just Molyneux over promising again.

[ThanatosDMC]

Pedobear game alert.

Milo: "Stop! What are you doing!"

Milo: "No please dont!"

[Thugbot187]

@Richdad

Clearly you don’t know your development teams. The creator Peter Molyneux's known for things like Black and White, Fable, all games that are remnant of the type of A.I. he showed with the character on the screen. No different then what he has been doing with games. Just because you can’t conceive of something in your mind or have reached you limits for thoughts, doesn’t mean that it doesn’t exist or can’t be done.

You can't get a patten on things you cannot show a working model for.

[Richdad]

Maybe you are right than tha will be breakthrough for sure, MS has pushed it to the limits this time. This an Natl if totally true can do things beyond imagination.

[Tony P]

I'll pass on talking to some virtual boy. Pedo jokes aside, I don't see the fun in doing Seaman with some kid. Errr Seaman was a similar type game on Dreamcast, hopefully making the previous sentence sound less wrong...

I was never impressed by the kid itself, but the tech seems amazing. I want to see it stretch beyond advanced applications of virtual pets.

Edit: ^^^And that goes for all this motion stuff. It does no good if it's not ambitious.

[Godmars290]

No real indication that the character "evolves" in how they talk to you. The question in how good a "game" this is will depend on how it responds.

Not to mention that depending on follow up titles, we could very well be seeing the birth of Skynet.

[AAACE5]

You may not see the point, but casual gamers (Wii and DS owners) and some others might get a kick out of seeing how far technology has come.

[resistance100]

Interesting, stilli wonder when we will see a release date for Eye Pet, since they are sort of simalar

[olLANDSHARKlo]

Uh you need to stop playing video games and go hit the school books. Nice spelling.

[Halo3 MLG Pro]

Just imagine something like this with Jessica Alba! :D

[Godmars290]

What, they're going to smarten her up? Make her less frigid and more interesting when actually talking?

[Rise Kujikawa]

Microsoft must be serious when getting all type of gamers. Casual, hardcore, and now they want pedo gamers?

[rupi]

wow when this comes out it will blow the competition out of the water!

[The Master Chief]

This looks awesome, I can't wait.

[Redlight]

Molenuex says this is the 'Project Dmitri' that he's been talking about for years. They started working on this concept straight after 'Black and White' and it will be a full game with objectives and an end.

[Bladestar]

why do people have to think of this as a game? why can't it be integrated into the xbox interface as an optional feature.

I wouldn't mind next time I log in a character would update me on any new released content, messages, etc.

Also, instead of playing street fighter with Computer 1... I wouldn't mind if Computer 1 becomes Milo or another character.

Mile can be use like what Microsoft use in some of their corporate applications... such as Microsoft SQL server agent who though does not talk or interact is given jobs to perform certain tasks and update on errors, etc.

if done right this can be an great optional feature. I welcome it.. and if it sucks... I just disabled it... how about that? Unlike the Playstation where mmmm.... it's non existent.

And for those geniouses that can't figure this out... just like Microsoft Word paper clip.. any character could be use... if a kid is too freaken... what if game characters could be used? like Master Chief, other chartoon characters, etc... I mean freaken duhh... couldn't you figure out.. that the character shape is just a visual representation and can be changed?

Microsoft is being playing around with this concept for a long time and it would probably change the game industry for ever... by giving a game console character and personality.

I mean why the hell not? we don't mind all the movies and games like halo where "the computer" can talk back and perform tasks... so why not?

This can probably evolved into other applications for the house... imagine being able to ask your avatar to set a show to record via the zune or the internet..

Here is a simple scenario:

Turn on xbox 360.

Milo: Hi, [Name here].

You: Any new demos today?

Mile: Yes, Halo ODST demo came out today. do you want me to down load it?

You: Yes, I am going to play Gears 2; let me know when the download is complete.

Milo: Ok.

Milo: by the way you have a message from bladestarX want me to read it for you?

You: OK.

Milo: BladestarX says, "Sony leg humpers suck".

Milo: Do you want me to start gears for you now?

You: Yes.

[While playing gears 2]

Milo: you have a new text message from bladestar x; want me to read it?

You: Not now. Remind me later.

[Obama]

haha yeah right the first thing u will ask milo is take off his pants.

[clintos59]

But sony has been trying to do this with eye toy and playstation eye for a while now. Eye pet was an example shown last year and sony didnt get any praise for it. I really think this has alot of potential but at the same time it also can be a bust if not done right. I mean are we really going to believe Peter again after all his underdelivered and broken promises? I mean I give him credit for his desire and ideas trying to push gaming to another level but his credability and words arent really trust worthy for not only me but many others who believed all his hype only to be dissappointed. Ill wait and try it out first before I consider even buying it.

[PeeKnuckle]

If you follow Peter Molyneux's Twitter, you'd know that Milo is intended to be a game.

[deltastorm]

lol that's kewl! haha when i first saw it i was like this just might be too intense for me...but since u said its intended to be a game, i feel alot easier haha

[Half-Mafia]

is that even possible with Milo. to talk to him and get a response from him. dont some1 have to do voice overs and things.

im confused