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DEL.ICIO.USTV newscast uses computerized virtual host
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
The launch yesterday of the virtual realistic-looking human newscaster from Simple News gained rave reviews. Others have made several attempts earlier, but this sends the live newscasters in to a pretty shaky future.
That all happens, it is just that it happens in the year 2030. That’s according to a relatively new Web site called News of the Future.
The fellow who runs the site e-mailed me (and probably about a thousand other reporters) and asked me to take a look to see what I think. I don’t know, it’s sort of fun and maybe it’ll catch on. It’s a nice looking page and amusing.
Here’s the deal, I’m terrible at predicting the future - ask anyone who has ever gone to the horse races with me. I’m not alone in my inability to predict future events - life has just gotten too complicated to know what’s around the next corner.
But I did enjoy checking the page out and pass it along for your inspection - I predict that some of you will like it, some will hate it and some won’t check. Finally a prediction that feels safe to me.
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