Ananova is a Web-oriented news service that features a computer-simulated animation of a woman newscaster, named "Ananova," who has been programmed to "read" newscasts to Web users. Jump to: navigation, search A computer simulation or a computer model is a computer program which attempts to simulate an abstract model of a particular system. ...
Described as "the world's first virtual newscaster," Ananova, the animation, is really a novel user interface to a Web service that allows users to receive customized news. Ananova can be requested to:
Read a two-minute newscast summary
Read a customized newscast based on selected preferences
Give you selected sports scores and weather information as it develops
Alert you by e-mail when a story you're interested in becomes available
Periodically scan a targeted group of Web sites and notify you of new changes
Ananova combines live Web newscasting from an animated "talking head" with intelligent agent service. The animation is described by her designers as 28 years old, 5 feet 8 inches tall, and with a "pleasant, quietly intelligent manner."
Ananova is a Web-oriented news service that features a computer-simulated animation of a woman newscaster, named "Ananova," who has been programmed to "read" newscasts to Web users.
Ananova is a subsidiary of mobile telecommunication operator Orange SA
Described as "the world's first virtual newscaster," Ananova, the animation, is really a novel user interface to a Web service that allows users to receive customized news.
Ananova will eventually be able to make appropriate facial expressions, depending on the tenor of the stories she is reading.
Ananova's range of expression may be limited, but no more so than the TV reporters' strictly codified gestures: the earnest nods of the head, and the looks of amusement or concern.
Ananova has the characteristics she has (white, young, and presumably upper-middle-class), because those are the traits that give her authority as somebody who can be trusted to tell us the news.
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