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Comment by throwaway0071

I don't get it. The technology looks super interesting but the end result maybe is more targeted at teenagers?

> AI needs data that informs it whether its decisions are right

Well, aren't the emojis all out there for you to analyze? Isn't there a lot of videos with real faces for you to analyze?

> VR characters that look like you in the gameworld

XBox does this today, doesn't it?

> personalized advertising that has your face in it the way you like

I couldn't care less about advertising. Maybe you're pitching to investors?

> Everyone asks us why after starting a big “serious" company, we decided to work with emoji, and this is the reason.

What's the reason? It's not clear.

As an user of this, it looks like a gimmick (like Tom The Talking Cat).

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