Roxxxy was a terrifying, rudimentary glimpse into the future, a sort of harbinger of the potential horror and pleasure brought on by man's obsession with creating the perfect companion. At the time, she was a slack-jawed mess of silicone and exposed circuitry she looked like someone left a wax figure of a young Shelley Duvall out in the sun. She's not the first of her kind, but take one look at Harmony's predecessors, and it becomes clear she that was cut from a different cloth.īack in 2010, at the Adult Entertainment Expo, a retired Texas engineer named Douglas Hines showed off Roxxxy, the so-called world's first sex robot, to a bewildered audience. The robotic head is far from complete, but when it finally goes on sale (for about $10,000), it could be the world's first commercially viable gynoid. Further down the line, McMullen plans to bring Harmony to VR as well, creating a complete ecosystem for virtual love. Later this year, users with deep pockets will be able to interact with Harmony AI through a modular robotic head that easily attaches to most existing RealDoll bodies. Like Scarlett Johansson's Samantha in Her, McMullen sees Harmony as a sort of girlfriend in your smartphone a companion to keep you company throughout the day.īut the app is just the beginning. For $20 a year, users can create a limited number of personalized avatars with customizable voices, moods and personality traits. Imagine something between a horny Her and Siri for phone sex.
Harmony AI is part Android app, part sexualized personal assistant available for download directly from RealBotix.
Later this week, he'll launch Harmony AI, the heart of RealBotix, a platform intended to bring artificial intelligence to McMullen's sex dolls and companionship to the lonely, eccentric or curious. Both metaphorically and literally.Now, as we sit in the dim light of his R&D room, staring at his latest creation, Matt McMullen, the founder of Abyss Creations (the parent company behind the RealDoll), nonchalantly turns to me and says, "All I see is potential."įor a man poised to bring millennia of male desire to life, McMullen, a small but striking figure who looks like a reformed industrial rocker, is surprisingly calm.
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