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posted by martyb on Wednesday October 12 2016, @08:07PM   Printer-friendly
from the next-up:-dragon-riding-competitions dept.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3822130/22m-X-Prize-make-Avatars-reality-Contest-create-machines-allow-people-s-consciousness-transported-instantaneously.html

Humanoid robots could soon allow us to stream our consciousness anywhere in the world, acting as surrogate bodies that enable people to ‘instantly be in multiple places at once.’

This is the goal of the Avatar XPrize, an ANA-sponsored concept for a $22 million contest just selected at the XPrize Visioneers 2016 Summit as ‘ready to launch.’

Backed by Japan’s largest airline, ANA, the Avatar XPrize will be a globally televised competition for the development of real avatars.

Teams will be given three years to create a system that can control an avatar in one basic task.

Then in 2022, finalists will move on to the Annual Avatar Games to compete across five categories: caretaker, public speaker, disaster relief, tennis, and musician.

These tasks will include pushing a wheelchair through a course, cooking an omelette, and even providing basic healthcare to a wounded person.


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