Sony Patents Video Game Voice Assistant That Sells Microtransactions
https://voicebot.aiSony has a new patent, likely for its upcoming PlayStation 5 console, describing a voice assistant that jumps into offer hints and arrange microtransactions during games. The patent suggests an AI that will use player data and natural language processing to work out the best advice to give or items to purchase. In the drawing seen above, the user asks for ideas on how to defeat a boss. To work out the best advice to give, the AI uses information about the individual player as well as players of the game overall to suggest what to do. That could mean a strategy, a list of items to acquire, or things the player can buy from an online store for the game.