Brief
Pigiama Kasama has teamed up with ODEA Solutions to pioneer the next generation of interactive AI Chatbots. The goal is to craft an AI Chatbot that sets new standards in reliability, speed, and natural interaction. Featuring a state-of-the-art 3D interface, the platform offers unparalleled customization options. Users can personalize the chatbot’s behavior, backstory, mood, topics, and area of expertise, ensuring the avatar is perfectly tailored to meet any specific use case.
Result 1 – 3D Avatars
Leveraging the Pigiama Kasama’s extensive expertise in avatar technology, the studio crafted Chloe and Pete—two youthful and friendly characters designed to engage a broad audience. Recognizing the critical role of non-verbal communication in interactive AI, these avatars were meticulously engineered to be highly expressive. The company’s custom facial animation protocol incorporates 90 distinct expressions, ensuring each lip movement and facial expression is not only precise but also truly lifelike and effective in conveying emotions.
Moreover, Chloe and Pete are optimized for performance; their design combines high fidelity and quality with a lightweight framework. This balance ensures that the system remains accessible on lower-end devices, greatly enhancing its availability without sacrificing visual appeal.
Result 2 – Real-Time Animation System
In the search for a third-party animation solution, no available options met the studio’s stringent criteria for fidelity, latency, speed, real-time emotion conveyance, and quality lip-sync. This led Pigiama Kasama to develop their own groundbreaking solution: an AI/Mocap (Motion Capture) hybrid, multi-layered animation system.
This system uniquely differentiates between various parts of the face, with each segment animated using distinct techniques and then seamlessly layered together. This innovative approach combines the strengths of pre-made mocap facial animations and AI-driven emotional responsiveness. The result is extraordinarily lifelike facial expressions that dynamically match the mood of the conversation and the specific intentions of each phrase. For instance, when a question is asked, the avatars’ expressions can shift to an inquisitive look, with variations depending on the conversational context.
The lip movements are procedurally generated in real-time to align perfectly with the AI-generated voice, enhancing the realism and engagement of Pete and Chloe.
Result 3 – Look Development
To guarantee that Chloe and Pete deliver exceptional visual quality across all conditions and devices, Pigiama Kasama harnessed the robust capabilities of the Unity game engine. The team developed multiple templates, each designed to seamlessly integrate the avatars into various custom backgrounds. This approach ensures that the characters maintain high-quality aesthetics without compromising on performance.
The studio meticulously optimized each template to achieve the best possible performance, ensuring that Chloe and Pete look stunning even on low-end devices. Pigiama Kasama’s commitment to compatibility and excellence means that users can enjoy a consistently high-quality experience, regardless of their hardware limitations.
COMPANY: Pigiama Kasama
