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PORT-HOLE is a project that is nothing out of the ordinary - dedicated devices with displays and AI, designed to solve our routine issues and help us in our communications, are already beginning to explore the expanses of their markets.

Unless our device becomes a ״window״ into the next room, where it will “live and work” for the benefit of the user, his assistant and confidant Umnik, assembled / created by the user himself.

Unless the project through its porthole will open access to amazing content about the Earth and Space, to the virtual 3D worlds of the Metaverses, open a new milestone in the development of virtual spaces as a new user scenario and an essential addition to AR glasses and VR helmets.

And besides, thanks to a flexible system for setting up interaction, the device will allow you to concentrate all the interests and tasks of the user in all areas of life, and manage them both independently and using the computing potential of home appliances.

And, perhaps, there is one more reason to call the project unique - this is its ambition! Ambitions to become the most demanded device of this type in the world. Therefore, all its functionality will work to achieve this goal.

Welcome to realistic virtuality - RV! Welcome to the virtual space behind the wall!

Investment project Port-hole

"Development and introduction to the common market of a multifunctional software and hardware complex Port - a platform for the User to interact with the outside world and the home world, accompanied by AI and various resources and services."

First of all, why does the device have an oval display. Because this is its essence - to be

a "window", a porthole to the neighboring space - this is what its purpose and content say.

Brief summary of the project:

Product - hitch: Multifunction device - display plus Extensive content!

The project involves the development and mastering of the production of a multifunctional device based on an oval-shaped touch monitor, which will become a stationary integrator of communication means and formats, a Joint Support Center for comprehensive servicing of the interests (needs) of the User in the Network (via the Network and mobile communications), as well as a special display, imitating a porthole, with its shape and software creating behind the wall the illusion of 3D spaces (virtual, space, air and underwater) and movement in them, with an application to the display in the form of various international network resources.

The development of this device will combine in it all the main interests and concerns of a person in the areas: Internet, communications, finance, life, security, entertainment. And AI Agghead (Umnik) in a personal image, living and working behind the wall, controlled both by voice and gestures, will make this whole complex serve him, which will significantly relieve the User from his routine tasks on the Web, through the Web and mobile communications, diversifying and significantly simplifying the process of communication and solving big problems for him. and little questions.

The launch of this complex with powerful functionality, which has no analogues in the world market in terms of purpose and packaging, will allow the company to successfully develop and take a leading position in it.

What problem does Port.

The question is traditional in terms of describing and understanding the essence of the product, but not very suitable for our case, since the Port is a whole range of the most diverse capabilities, and it is not intended to solve a problem or problems, as such, it is intended to make it easier for the user to interact with the outside world and the home world, to make it easier somewhere, somewhere more interesting. Still, we will try to briefly describe all the originality of hardware and software system Port. So ..

A united auxiliary center represented by a virtual character of an individual assembly with a purely personal setting of tasks/functions.

First of all, let's talk about Egghead, about the main character of the device, which should provide all kinds of assistance to its user (Owner).

Umnik is a digital character - an individual, which each user of the device will collect / create for himself independently, giving him a name, giving him personal powers / duties listed in the settings and interaction table, providing him with office space and furnishings. We would very much like Epic Games to help us implement this crucial part of the project with its Metahuman-creator constructor.

You can read more about the visualization of the communication process here - Base of reactions

In short, a program based on a database of filmed scenes with the participation of the artist and Motion Capture technology will provide adequate behavior for Egghead. That is, when interacting with the Clever, the user will see on the display how the Clever, communicating with the user, depicts the conscientious execution of all requests/commands that will be entered by the user in the Table of settings and interaction management. The table itself is nothing more than a set of routes (and their stages / pages on the Web) for all only their personal channels, tasks and interests of the user in all the listed life areas that the user has and which he considers necessary to be included in this voice table settings and controls. In addition, Egghead will be a carrier of AI in the form of a voice assistant and will visually give the impression of a “live” and adequate subject, with whom it will be interesting to communicate.

It should be said that all the gestures of Egghead will be connected in one way or another with the table and commands (gestures and voice). Thus, Egghead is the top-level communication interface, the table is the bottom-level interface.

By the way, the project, as a co-founder, requires a designer responsible for the behavior, performance (and "life activity" in general) of the most important character of the project – Egghead/Umnik.

The main distinguishing feature of the device itself will be that it will give its Smart Man the ability to manage the entire fleet of home computing devices, voice assistants and IoT devices, and use these gadgets in their work using the necessary protocols.

Here we briefly described one of the three directions in the appointment of the Port and his Egghead: control over all areas of life of the user, his home and family and the execution of all possible assignments in them. It should also be noted that Egghead will be available to his Owner in any place where there is an Internet connection and a device with a display.

The Port is like a porthole - like a window into the virtual worlds.

As we have already said, the task of a display stylized as a porthole is to give the user the impression that he is looking not at the monitor, but at the adjacent space behind the wall.

As for the direction of the Meta worlds, God himself ordered to position the Port as a window into them. In this case, the Port will become an access window to any 3D spaces (or creating the illusion of being in them, but more on that below), the Port will become another essential means of visualizing spaces in addition to VR helmets and AR glasses, will become another scenario for communicating with their own kind in the Metaverses..

It is clear that such a solution has drawbacks, but I want to ask: who does not have them? But what are the benefits! There is no need to carry a headset on your head and experience discomfort, there is no need to plunge headlong into an unreal world and lose control over the real one, that is, a certain part of users may well prefer this option of visiting the Metaverses and other 3D spaces.

The visit can be performed both in the form of an avatar located directly in the space of the Metaverse, when the user sees him (himself) and directs his (their) actions there, and as a visitor, when the visitor is on this side of the window in the Meta world and performs all the necessary steps are there.

This direction of the project of its component includes a platform (construction) for the creators of the Meta universes, which includes both its own exchange and currency - the Metaverse called Metamate. international! You can get acquainted with its essence, features and parameters in the Presentation.

In relation to this purpose of the Port, as a window into the virtual meta-worlds, it would be correct to call the device a Teleport.

The Port is like a porthole - like a window to the real world!

What is the real world? This is our entire visible world. This is the Universe with its bewitching beauties of galaxies and this is our unique planet Earth. The content will be served in the motion mode: in the mode of flights in the Universe, when the Port display will serve as a porthole of the spacecraft; in flight mode above the ground, when the display is the porthole of the aircraft; in the mode of diving and movement under water, when the display will be the porthole of the underwater vessel.

Formally, this component is divided into two parts: directly into the resource dedicated to Space and into the Earth mapping service.

The Cosmos resource is planned to be represented by the Space Engine Universe simulator - SE, it will look something like this - Video "In space"

Content dedicated to the Earth (and not only) will be presented in two layers in the Map Service, which you can read about at the link - Concept

Here we only list the five layers of Earth Service Maps:

- Layer No. 1 - "Map of the World"

- Layer No. 2 - "My Earth in real time" - Visual and interior effect function.

On the World Map, webcams will be marked with signs, installed in various places on the Earth and broadcasting a picture to the Network all 24 hours. The user will be able to choose the nature of the place he likes and display the video stream in his window, following the sunset or meeting the sunrise.

- Layer No. 3 - (Flights and dives) - "Earth in the porthole"

Various people and organizations will post on the Web (albeit on YouTube) their flights over the earth and diving into the waters of the World Ocean, and on the Map, they will show these places and routes with dots, which will be links to their videos.

More details here - Earth

- Layer No. 4 - (Global network of search and communication) - "We and our world"

Essence: search on the world map for friends / like-minded people / employees / partners in the feed:

I - I can / I am able / I am ready and II - I am looking for / I need / I offer

Areas of interest in which users of the Port and this map. resource will be able to offer themselves and (or) look for people suitable for their tasks / goals / projects - a variety of people, except for those prohibited.

- Layer No. 5 - (Photo / video cartographic archive or album "My and my friends' travels") - "My inner circle and my connections" - "My own network"

Essence: this layer will have the status of a personal account on the Map service.

It should be said that the idea of the Port device and all its functional saturation arose from a thorough analysis of the state of affairs in all sectors of the IT and electronics markets: this is the PC and mobile devices market (what are the conveniences and disadvantages of existing devices); it is a market for software products and applications, including virtual assistants; this is the content (quality and form of presentation). As a result of this painstaking work, a vision of a universal diverse device was born - the quintessence, so to speak, of innovations that neutralized all the identified omissions and implemented their own ideas, moreover, using real achievements in some areas in the IT field. It is supposed to bring this task to life in cooperation with the world's leading companies.

Evgeny Tikhonov. Moscow.

Who wants to read on.

Some considerations on relevance and benefits

Today, we are all under constant pressure from the main players in the field of consumer electronics and in the development of various software products, applications and systems - we are literally being torn apart in the competitive battle of the worlds by the main vendors, dragging us into their expanding areas of interest, into their product ecosystems. The process of emergence and globalization of (eco)systems on devices, various super-ups are developing rapidly and this is probably a natural process at this stage of development. So how do you compare these sets, sets, complexes? By what methods, criteria?

We, offering our vision of a device - a combine that works both independently and on home devices (and controls them), offer the user to place in it alone under the control of Umnik all his products, ecosystems/platforms in which he is already a member and which used to using. It will also include its own products/application from developers and partner pre-installed, recommended and completed in separate sets in all five areas in relation to national markets. As a Control System, we offer a software tool for convenient interaction through the device in all its interests in these five areas.

Let's try to voice the arguments:

The project assumes that, assembled by the hands and head of the user, Agghead will belong to him personally, to all family members, or everyone will have their own personal one. The wise guy will have all the available information, and will accompany his master everywhere: at home, in a smartphone, in a car display, or on call in any device. Egghead assembled by the hands and head of the user will already represent a certain and not unimportant value for the user, it will be his own Egghead! Some kind of family member and not a faceless AI walled up in a desktop blank.

What are the actions/functions of the Egghead in the field of Communication. Very understandable actions and partly already familiar - Egghead, this is a buffer: "Sir, Dr. Watson is calling you"; "I'm not there; connect without video; tell me, I'll call you back; I'll talk on the mobile"; "Smart guy, connect with Denis on WhatsApp." Etc. etc. Moreover, communication via video communication with subscribers, as well as with Agghead, will take place "eye to eye".

It is not proposed to completely replace mobile and other communication devices at home - this is just one of the functions and the user can use it, or maybe not use it - at his own discretion, based on what will still be more convenient to use in a particular situation.

Consider possible dialogues and situations in other areas:

(Moreover, we must not forget that Egghead depicts on the display that it is he who, behind the wall at this moment, conscientiously performs all the necessary actions and communicates with the Owner)

Security: -Smart guy, where are my kids? Smart guy: - Now I'll show you, sir, - and displays the position of the children or the wife (their tracker or phone) on the city map or the world map; - Smart guy, show me the gate, is there a lot of snow? - Smart guy, launch the quadcopter along route number 7 and display it on your mobile. And so on along the entire spectrum of possibilities set in the Table.

Health: - Smart guy, let's make an appointment with the dentist/therapist; - Agghead, give me «Best doctors», I need a consultation; - Sir, you don't look well and you have a temperature. And so on across the spectrum...

Smart home: - Smart guy, open the gate for Mark, he will drive up and let him into the house; - Smart guy, turn on the floors on the veranda, Mark will stay for the night; - Yes, I forgot, heat the bathhouse by 22.00, something is tired. And Egghead: - Yes, I will, sir; - Will be done; - I show. And all other answers from the Table, voiced by Umnik in random order, but appropriate situations. And all the possible body movements of the Egghead in a random order, but the corresponding situations will be visualized by the program from the database.

Or imagine a complex task: (In the display, the curtains are closed on the other side).

- Hey, Umnik, where are you ...

- I'm here, boss ..., (curtains opened and Egghead's face showed)

- Yes, listen and remember. I'm leaving in 15 minutes, I'll be in the evening, so make a bath by 20.00, now coffee here more often, Roy's walker lights out tomorrow, I'll take a walk with him, but we had an appointment with the dentist today - cancel it, and start the car to warm up and gate show how much snow poured. Everyone, do it.

(The smart guy turned to the keyboard, tapped on it, and after a couple of seconds):

- I did everything, look at the gate! Something else?

- Well done, connect with your mother.

(Mom on the screen wipes the dust from the vase):

- Hey son, what do you want?

- I'll be busy all day today and won't call on my sister, so without me somehow ...

- Well, as you say ... bye.

- Till

To Egghead already (he is on the screen): - Phil, if anything, I'll call you, that's it, I'm not there.

- Ok, boss, bye!

Here's what it's about. Do it quickly and a lot. Here Egghead is indispensable, he can perform all these tasks in parallel, which, unfortunately, is not available to a person. In this case of simultaneous multitasking, Egghead will instantly complete the task and report on the execution.

In addition, no matter how many different virtual housekeepers there are, there will always be not enough hands on them, therefore, in the short and medium and long term, a certain virtual Butler will be needed to control home devices, the role of which can be more than taken on by Egghead (it implements a meta product - consisting of several finished products that it manages simultaneously and in parallel).

And the competition of the Port and its Egghead with existing interaction systems (VA) from well-known brands, despite the presence of the same functions, will be visible in a different way - in a comprehensive comparison of feature sets, in their ease of use and in the overall psychological effect of use. Agree, loading smart TV with various functions that are not characteristic of a TV is not the best solution - how to watch it then. And why, in fact, it cannot be assumed that many people will gladly agree to give up the abundance of all kinds of gadgets in the house, tired of taking care of them, charging, turning them on / off, dragging them in front of them or sitting in front of the camera, poking at the keyboard on the same topics needs, and so on. Give up your entire fleet of gadgets in favor of one that will provide complete freedom of action and allow many of the user's affairs and concerns on the Web and through the Web to encode all of their current and not very issues for voice commands.

Although, of course, the User will be able to manage his affairs and the Port device in all possible ways today.

In other words.

Let's start with the fact that our Agghead (Umnik) will be ״live and serve״ in a stationary device, although he will be virtually wherever the user needs - that is, the user will always be in touch with him. Under normal conditions, you may need the Smart Guy at any moment when it will be easier for the user somewhere, somewhere more interesting, being at home and doing anything, involve him in his business, answer through him quickly, briefly or whatever, but through him. Why:

- because he sees him (Agghead), knows, understands - this is his personal Smart Guy, because he wanted it that way and because they agreed on everything in advance (in the settings);

- because this is a completely different psychological state - to communicate with the world and with the house through the one whom he himself created, and not through an incomprehensible character walled up in a console (desktop blank) or a smartphone with incomprehensible mental abilities, even the shortcomings of Egghead will be personified;

- because you don’t have to carry a gadget in your hands or in your ear, and many simply don’t need to be constantly in touch at home, but having an intelligent manager with settings for different situations is another matter;

- because there is no need to carry a smartphone or tablet in front of you (in front of your nose), talking on video, or grouping your family in front of the tablet camera, the Port camera will cover the entire room;

- because there is no need to hang in front of the keyboard and camera, solving problems on the Web or communicating via Skype;

- because, when solving issues on the Web or through the Web, the user can see on the screen (or go to the screen) on which intermediate information will be displayed, and choose what needs to be chosen: a comfortable seat at the window, or in the stalls, on the train, yes, anywhere, or choose the date and time of an appointment with a doctor, etc. Etc ..

This, I think, is essential, and in unison, offering a voice call for a taxi, a command for pizza or music or other crap in the status of a separate function is not even funny. It's called "The mountain gave birth to a mouse." Of course, all currently represented VAs in the future will probably have to book tickets, make doctor's appointments, make reservations, etc. But how will the user be shown this intermediate result, from which only the user can choose? If on a mobile device, then what is the simplification? Why is a tongue lighter than a finger? If on a computer monitor, then here it is necessary to perform all the actions: turn on-off, open-close, sit down-stand up. For such operations, you need a separate monitor with a truly smart and, most importantly, your personal assistant in it, and preferably a large monitor to watch, read, see and choose - walking around the apartment with a glass in your hand or talking, with a child in your arms, lying or sitting.

So it's not the volume of services and opportunities, and it's not even the voice (why are fingers heavier than the tongue?), It's a fundamentally different psychological state when working with Umnik, and it's the big monitor, on which two people work in concert with information!

It can be assumed that one of the leading vendors wants to have a separate display on the wall or on the table, and pack all their services into it - good luck! But only the porthole will offer you to look through yourself into the Meta worlds and any 3D spaces! Only Heaven and Earth with a chic presentation of unique content will be in the Illuminator, as well as other components of this part of the project! Only Umnik (Agghead) - the one and only will be located in the Port behind the wall, and the device itself - on the world market and for all (eco) systems, platforms! Plus, of course, there will be other chips, both in hardware and in software.

So how to compare, say, a $200 Google Nest Hub with such a diverse device in terms of capabilities and functionality Port with a price of about 2000, in which something created by you with your own face, character and abilities will live, care for and help you everywhere? Let everyone choose.

As a matter of fact, any of the listed directions of the project, any of its constituent parts or functions are woven from advantages - it was conceived that way!

Partnership theme, collaboration theme.

If you look at the structure and capabilities of the Port from the point of view of its principle of collection or collaboration, then the potential of the project, which can be revealed in partnership with the world's leading companies, grows significantly. Each country has enough of its own software products - applications from areas that are basic in the life of every person. There are enough products in the global market. Let's see who, in our opinion, could in principle be a partner of the Port-hole project:

- In the field of Health in Porto, Teladoc Health could be represented with its resource https://bestdoctors.com/;

- In Finance, it could be Quicken, although there are plenty of other personal finance companies and products on the market;

- Safety. Here we can consider the possibility of integrating into the Port the security system already used in the house, as well as consider with companies (developers of the Security Council) solutions for integrating their systems and equipment into the Port (with binding Umnik to them) with their corresponding submission as pre-installed, with additional. complete set of the Port with their devices.

https://www.safewise.com/best-home-security-system/ - here is a list of such US companies.

https://evision.tech/ - smart video surveillance;

- The SMART HOUSE system, and the so-called IoT, and the Security System are now combined into one common system for the home, and this combined system is naturally called the phrase "smart home". Here are two platforms from this area: https://www.wink.com/partnerships/ - American platform SH - Wink. There is a list of developers on this page. And - https://www.smartthings.com/ - Samsung SmartThings Hub.

Perhaps, let's dwell on this list of possible candidates for project partners, there are many of them and not only in the areas named as the main ones (there is a list). It is important to understand that partnership is one of the main directions of project development.

Stack of products/technologies considered for application:

- https://www.seefront.com/technology - 3D video technology - https://www.dimenco.eu/

- https://www.unrealengine.com/en-US/metahuman-creator - Constructor from EG;

- https://www.flawlessai.com/ - Authentic articulation technology;

- https://mycroft.ai/ - Open-source voice assistant;

- https://www.resemble.ai/ - Votes generation;

- https://developer.nvidia.com/maxine State-of-the-art video communication from NVIDIA MAXINE with fast translation and other features (For video communication between members of the network "My own network");

- https://developer.nvidia.com/riva - NVIDIA Riva is a graphics-accelerated SDK for building Speech AI applications;

- https://developer.nvidia.com/nvidia-omniverse-platform