A HOLOGRAPHIC VIRTUAL GIRL LIVES INSIDE JAPAN’S ANSWER TO THE AMAZON ECHO
digitaltrends.com | 2016-Dec-15
...Azuma Hikari, the holographic character who lives inside the Gatebox, Japan’s sort-of-but-not-really answer to the Amazon Echo.
Instead of a simple, cylindrical speaker design, Gatebox has a screen and a projector, which brings Hikari — her name, appropriately, means “light” — to life inside the gadget. On the outside are microphones, cameras, and sensors to detect temperature and motion, so she can interact with you on a more personal level...more...