[quote]The idea risks evoking memories of the evil toys in the video game Five Nights at Freddy's [/quote]
This is either an indication that you fail as a parent and are letting children way too young play scary games [citation needed], or overall the idea of a robotic teddybear that also spies on your children is a really bad idea.
Anyone here remembers the ending of Screamers:
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Even the BBC is now making shit references to video games.
Shit references to shit games at that. Couldn't even spring for a good game to make shit references to. Literally worse than the game references posters in SH.
Maybe this is something like a toddler-phone thing. That'd be real handy actually / wont scare the kids as much as a weird plastic thing staring and having their parents voice go trough them as if theyre trapped
[quote]The document suggests the toys could be used to control a wide range of devices, from televisions and DVD players to home thermostats, motorised window curtains and lights.[/quote]
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I understand Google's idea of 'the Internet of things', but why does your kids' cuddly toy need a connection to the TV and stereo?
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I understand Google's idea of 'the Internet of things', but why does your kids' cuddly toy need a connection to the TV and stereo?[/QUOTE]
Maybe they plan on integrating some simply remote functions for kids that can't read the labels on actual remotes yet, but can talk to the toy's voice recognition software. Something like:
"Hey Bearbro, can you switch on <device> for me?"
"Of course, my mortal fleshbag."
"thx Bearbro"
Five Night's At Your House.
They could have at least made a reference to an actual toy that traumatized a generation.
Furbies.
At least with fnaf you know you're going to get some scary shit.
Not Furbies, not until the first night...
[QUOTE=draugur;47778918]Shit references to shit games at that. Couldn't even spring for a good game to make shit references to. Literally worse than the game references posters in SH.[/QUOTE]
It's a fine game, don't be bitching because it doesn't fit into your genre and the community surrounding it tends to be fucking weird.
oh boy can't wait for some good ol' arguments about a $5 game that's barely relevant to the article
Anyway, this seems like a really clunky and unnecessary way of interfacing with your devices. I don't really see anybody wanting to control "televisions and DVD players, home thermostats, motorised window curtains and lights" with this. It just seems like it would be really inefficient and annoying. Of course the biggest problem is that you have to carry a stuffed bear with you around the house if you want to use it in different rooms, completely negating any convenience of it.
"The firm has published a patent that describes devices that would turn their heads towards users and listen to what they were saying, before sending commands to remote computer servers."
that's creepy as fuck, no matter how you slice it. Even if it's "gee I wish I had ice cream" and it turns its head and orders fliers from hagen-daaz thats creepy as fuck.
Oddly enough this somehow reminded me of a toy remote control dinosaur I had that used to interfere with the old tv enough for it to go all static and distorted.
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