HCAIETJul 28, 2024

Heads Up eXperience (HUX): Always-On AI Companion for Human Computer Environment Interaction

arXiv:2407.19492v11 citationsh-index: 10
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This addresses the gap in AI assistance for physical world interactions, potentially revolutionizing human-AI collaboration in personal and professional spheres.

The paper tackles the problem of current smart devices failing to assist users during human-environment interactions by proposing HUX, an always-on AI companion for extended reality environments that tracks eye gaze, analyzes surroundings, and interprets verbal contexts to provide real-time holistic context interpretation and memory storage.

While current personal smart devices excel in digital domains, they fall short in assisting users during human environment interaction. This paper proposes Heads Up eXperience (HUX), an AI system designed to bridge this gap, serving as a constant companion across the extended reality (XR) environments. By tracking the user's eye gaze, analyzing the surrounding environment, and interpreting verbal contexts, the system captures and enhances multi-modal data, providing holistic context interpretation and memory storage in real-time task specific situations. This comprehensive approach enables more natural, empathetic and intelligent interactions between the user and HUX AI, paving the path for human computer environment interaction. Intended for deployment in smart glasses and extended reality headsets, HUX AI aims to become a personal and useful AI companion for daily life. By integrating digital assistance with enhanced physical world interactions, this technology has the potential to revolutionize human-AI collaboration in both personal and professional spheres paving the way for the future of personal smart devices.

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