Microsoft has launched a new application in the Google Play Store, and for Android devices, and comes from his ‘Garage Project’: it is mimicker Alarm , an alarm clock that stops playing after the user has done a specific target, as it could be done a self-timer (selfie).
At first glance, the app seems like Microsoft mimicker Alarm Clock app of Android, but entering the settings you find that the app is much more ‘advanced, more’ than a simple alarm clock for smartphones. Microsoft has thought of all those people who feel the alarm clock ringing in the morning, stretch your hand on the table in search of the smartphone, turn off the alarm and turn away and resume sleep: Alarm with mimicker this is not possible, because exploits a method to get out of bed late risers.
In addition to the traditional alarm mimicker Alarm lets you choose three different actions (or games such as Microsoft calls them) to be made within a set time, otherwise the alarm will return to play. The first ( Express Yourself ) asks the user to take a selfie that mimics the excitement choice from the app; the second ( Color Capture ) to take a picture of an object with a specific color. The third ( Tongue Twister ) asks to read the sentence displayed on the screen.
Just like any other alarm clock you can set a time when you want to wake up the phone and allows you to choose between two options: Snooze and end. If you choose to end the alarm, the app makes sure to check that you’re really awake within 30 seconds from when you turn off the alarm, snooze delay while the game five minutes.
Behind ‘app is the technology of’ machine learning ‘Oxford of Microsoft Project, a platform that recognizes artificial intelligence, voice, images and emotions of human.
Allison Light, which develops applications for Project Oxford, said on this app, as reported on the Microsoft blog:
“It chooses between the end or snooze. If you select Snooze, the preset time is five minutes to delay the game. If you choose the end, it turns off the alarm – but then you have 30 seconds to complete this challenge. And if you do not complete the game in time, it is assumed that you fell back asleep and then the alarm began playing again. You just need to complete a game to turn off the alarm. You can choose the sounds and the games that you want. “
With the Oxford Project developers on platforms several can easily add artificial intelligence into their applications without having to be experts in artificial intelligence. “It ‘s an example of how Microsoft is democratizing artificial intelligence and pursuing its vision to offer more personal computing experiences with systems that capture the sight, sound, speak and understand the complex nature of human interaction,” says in Microsoft blog.
“With mimicker, we use different APIs Oxford Project,” says Light. “We wanted to build a simple application unique and interesting … we thought that an app alarm would be easy for other developers to read the code and see how we have used the API”.
“We have tried to make games that have challenges in their own way, “said Light. “A tongue twister, in terms of voice, it’s hard. Especially when you’re barely awake, the language is still not really awake. The game ‘Capture Color’ is a challenge if you do not have anything of that color next to the bed. You may have to get out of bed and go to the salon to get it, and at that point you’re not going back to bed. ” And being able to do the right facial expression to show happiness, sadness, surprise or anger is a different kettle of fish in the morning when you wake up.
You can download the app from the Google Play Store mimicker Alarm free.
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