Military &Technology admin on 20 Jan 2009 11:47 pm
DoD Seeks Software to Trick Soldier’s Kids Into Believing They are Talking to Their Parents
You are not going to believe this, but I’m going to tell you anyway:
The Department of Defense is soliciting proposals for a computer program that would allow small children whose parents are in Iraq or Afghanistan to “interact” with a virtual version of their missing parent. It is a poor substitute for the real thing, but the US government is hoping a “virtual parent” could provide emotional support for the children of servicemen and women while they are away on active duty.
The challenge is to design an application that would allow a child to receive comfort from being able to have simple, virtual conversations with a parent who is not available “in-person”… The child should be able to have a simulated conversation with a parent about generic, everyday topics. For instance, a child may get a response from saying “I love you”, or “I miss you”, or “Good night mommy/daddy.” – DoD TechMatch
You don’t believe me, do you? Go ahead and check the link. It’s real. It’s real and it’s virtual. DoD wants a program that tricks the child into thinking they are interacting with mommy or daddy when in fact they interacting with a computer. The idea is that this will improvethe situation for the forlorn child.
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