These individual photos were then analyzed by a high-speed computer to discern the almost imperceptible patterns of gestures and slight movements that a goldfish makes. But unlike nearly all other animations you can play on your PC, which are composed of hundreds or perhaps even thousands of separate frames, the animation that gives Mopy such striking realism was created from 1 million color photographs of a goldfish. Mopy is an animation, as you might guess. And it surely is the most brilliant adaptation of artificial intelligence you can find without spending a cent. Gimmick or not, the little goldfish is one of the cleverest toys I've ever seen. Global Beach, a British company specializing in the creation of artificial life through software, created Mopy Fish as a public-relations stunt for the German branch of Hewlett Packard. The download file is about 1.4 megabytes, so it should not take long to receive. Mopy Fish is available as a free download on the Web at. (A few coaxing clicks and a dash of fish food will bring Mopy back to life.) If you forget to feed it, Mopy turns glum, and if you neglect it for more than a few weeks, the fish goes belly-up and floats to the top of your screen. The fish is utterly realistic in the way it darts about, and it acts just like any of the goldfish I've owned in its jittery mannerisms when you get too close. It's a Windows 95 screensaver in which an astonishingly lifelike goldfish swims around your screen, looking for companionship and, of course, an occasional pinch of fish food. Now you can have a virtual pet of your own, at no cost, right on your screen. The craze started in Japan, where living space can be too restrictive for real pets. Mopy fish from Hewlett Packard takes artificial intelligence to a new level - or is that a new depth? It looks real, acts real and gets upset if you don't give it lots of attention.Īl Fasoldt's reviews and commentaries, continuously available online since 1983Ĭopyright © 1997, The Syracuse Newspapers A virtual fish? Take the plunge into artificial intelligence

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