Metaverse Santa

Hi Hunters! With a goal to bring everyone some holiday magic (it’s been yet another rough year), and with no need to leave your home, we created a fun, interactive experience for “kids” of all ages to chat with Santa. They can share something nice they’ve done this year (to make sure they’re added to his “nice list”), and can also have him create a wish list of items, or ask about the elves and reindeer. Once a visitor to the page completes their wish list, they may choose to share it with others (#metaversesanta). In addition to creating a wish list, there are a few other interactive features to the page, including the ability to give Santa a cookie, enjoy a crackling fire in the fireplace, and more. Here are a few #protips: To prompt the experience to start, dismiss the instruction scroll by clicking anywhere on the screen and Santa will load. Here are some suggested phrases to get viewers started (make sure browser audio permissions are enabled): “I want ____ for Christmas.” “Can I have ____?” We look forward to sharing some holiday magic in an otherwise challenging year for the world! A little more about the technology of bringing Santa to life: Santa’s brain and conversational abilities are powered by Pandorabots, with lip sync and facial animation driven by Rapport. The application, which runs on a browser and on mobile, also utilizes Amazon cloud services for recognizing visitor’s speech and synthesizing Santa’s voice. Check it out and let us know what you think by using #metaversesanta! Have technical questions? Make sure to tag our Makers with questions in the comments below! Happy Holidays, The teams at Rapport and Pandorabots

If there's anyway for a product to get it's first 1 million users, it's by building use cases to show people how much they need it. I'm glad to see ?maker and team doing just that. This really took great effort and it's sure going to pay off. Well done,

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