Couger was featured in the technology media outlet TechCrunch on April 26, 2018.
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The "Virtual Human Agent" is equipped with a computer-generated character that behaves in real-world situations as if it were "approaching a person" or "approaching a new object with interest."
"The "Virtual Human Agent" is equipped with CG characters and behaves in the real world as if it were approaching people or interested in new objects. We have brought them together," said Ishii.
The "Virtual Human Agent" presented this time is positioned as the technology in charge of human interface in the technology named "LUDENS," which is being developed as a "technology to make space smart. "LUDENS" means "brain wiring information," and “LUDENS” as the company's technology name is a generic term that combines the aforementioned academic AI, game AI, blockchain technology to manage data so that its ownership and reliability can be maintained, xR (VR/AR/MR), and IoT technologies.