卡内基梅隆用传感器和 Gemini 让日常物品变成虚拟宠物

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So, this little screen turns everyday objects into virtual pets, kind of like a tamagotchi for every item. It's really cool because a plant can look miserable when a soil dries out, then brighten when you water it.

Or a refrigerator can look frustrated when its temperature rises. Researchers at carnegie mellon built the system called object agent twins to give ordinary objects personalities grounded in real sensor data.

And all you have to do is attach the electronic ink display, connect the sensors, and describe what should make the object happy or unhappy.

And then these sensors measure things like motion, temperature, light, or even soil moisture. Google's gemini ai then interprets those readings alongside up to two weeks of sensor history, and chooses between 12 emotional expressions.

The researchers actually had 12 people live with these companions for 7 days. One participant reported rearranging their refrigerator to make its avatar happy, and another added 10 minutes of strength training to cheer up their dumbbell.

Honestly, the study was too small and short to establish lasting habit changes, but it does suggest that giving objects a face could make everyday task feel more like caring for a pet than doing chores.

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