HOW A VIRTUAL ASSISTANT OF AMAZON BE MADE

First, let’s talk about the name of this product – The Virtual Assistant For My Google Home And Alexa Skills. I personally used it to my advantage and discovered some cool stuff that I didn’t know existed online before. It was a huge win for me because now if I need to have an assistant on hand, then I can simply say “Alexa ask Google Home” or “Google home ask Google something.” This is awesome for people like myself who don’t want to make a phone call to a computer every time they need information and instead want to be able to speak to their phones or laptops all the time.

·        The Virtual Assistants are not limited to one skill or language; rather, you can interact with them, but using different languages makes things even better! When I started making these virtual assistants, there were no voice recognition tools available at the time, so I just had to figure out how to interact with them through text commands, and eventually from videos on YouTube. Luckily, though, for many years, there was Amazon Echo devices that were connected to the internet, allowing us to use both verbal and visual commands to control our Virtual Assistants. But as soon as Echo became a more powerful device than we could ever anticipate; and with that came Echo Now, by which I mean Echo’s video-based virtual assistants were suddenly integrated into the main Alexa app. So while they did provide a ton of awesome features, it took quite a bit of time for me to get my hands on (and understand) the basics.

·         Then came the moment when my friend and I decided it would be awesome if we could combine Amazon Echo Dot (now Echo Max) with the Amazon Virtual Assist, and then create a whole bunch of games based on those augmented products. What followed was over 15 years of work, including developing new skills like Siri/Google Assistant integration, and most recently updating our game engines for the release of our latest hit, Pokemon Go. We’re still very proud of this achievement; however, for me it was only half-way through development and release when Spotify released its own VR headsets for music listening and the ability to play games and podcasts directly through my Oculus Rift. That was great, but after all is said and done I could have kept playing Pokemon around while completing other projects in college. Instead, I’d prefer to focus on writing about digital assets for various platforms and businesses, and also creating content that brings to life the experiences of real things and people.

·         So today, we have two important developments in the world of gaming: VR is here, and the web has become full of immersive worlds, whether it be movies, TV shows, books, or anything else that happens to come along. VR isn’t just limited to being a novelty anymore as companies began implementing VR technologies into their advertising campaigns and live events. In addition to showing off the capabilities of VR and demonstrating how technology is rapidly evolving, VR also allows interactive experiences such as AR, MR, 3D holograms, and more. However, what truly stands out and sets itself apart from others is how users are interacting with these assets through VR games. VR provides endless opportunities – new ways for creators to create unique stories, take the audience on a wild ride, and show off technical advances. One thing VR really excels at is bringing multiple games into one and introducing gamers to new concepts and technologies that have previously only been found in science fiction. While VR was originally invented as a way to improve gameplay experience, it is now becoming increasingly prevalent among everyday users all across the world.

·         The first example that comes to mind is Minecraft VR. After opening up this amazing medium for everyone to explore and try without giving away more control of your creations and creation, one company chose to implement virtual reality elements into its flagship title. As everyone tried to bring this to the masses, however, there were plenty of issues that needed to be ironed out before the service could go live. Unfortunately, despite this, several countries have chosen to pass laws requiring that virtual reality content should only be made within certain areas, meaning that even non-VR developers could be blocked from providing their services to consumers, similar to any other entertainment media, such as movies or television series. However, these restrictions have gradually fallen away, and VR continues to grow in popularity and popularity. Despite all the positives and negatives associated with the field of VR, the fact remains that people continue to discover ways to incorporate VR into their daily lives because it allows them to immerse themselves in the story or engage with a completely original experience. Even Facebook launched a VR campaign for 2019 called Binge VR, where players saw a mix of Star Wars and Pokémon mixed together with pop culture for 90 seconds and had to try their hand at trying the next level up. Although there are still lots of caveats and risks to be in VR, the main benefit is that you will be working on the idea and concept of virtual reality forever.

·         There’s nothing wrong with existing methods of interaction with virtual objects or avatars; however, people need to embrace new technologies and standards of design, especially for the sake of innovation and innovativeness. With Virtual Assistants and Web Screens on the rise, perhaps we’ve come too far for traditional interface and controls to keep up. At least in theory, because the same tech we’ll see in VR is exactly what’s happening in other industries. Whether it be robots, computers, cars, or humans, these devices will continue to be integrated into our everyday lives. From an AI standpoint, you can probably deduce that VR is going to end up giving users access to a much deeper understanding of the human brain and that’s great, but from a UX perspective, it’s hard not to notice that VR’s virtual interactions are drastically different from the real world. If you have ever spoken to your smartphone you know that it’s pretty easy to interact with the screen and swipe up or down to change volume, but once you walk into a busy office building – there’s no excuse for the lack of accessibility to digital platforms. Just think about the amount of screens in big stores like Walmart, Apple stores, and Disney stores where everything is on display, and yet people aren’t experiencing the same ease of interactivity with their homes, offices, and schools, because they don’t have touch screens in their houses. Imagine the amount of physical distance between people that exists from one another – imagine walking between coffee shops or bus stops – and even more so think about how long it takes to get from point A to point B. These differences exist and affect people’s perceptions of using social media for personalization and interaction with brands, but they’ve created problems because people don’t feel comfortable talking to a machine because they’re afraid of doing that by walking onto a real computer. As a result, virtual environments give a lot of potential for technological advancements that we wouldn’t expect to see in real life. Many people are already familiar with augmented reality systems, but it might just be the perfect solution to assist people in seeing a higher degree of reality, but it looks promising that more and more people will incorporate this technology in their everyday activities and lives.

1.    If you’re interested in learning more about these technologies, you can check out our article on Augmented Reality and VR and why I wrote about it in the first place, which details how augmented reality is changing our technology and what we can do to stay ahead and thrive in this current era of artificial intelligence and robotics.