It would be interesting to have an animation on Emo and a notification on the phone when the battery is 100% charged and the same when there is less than 20% battery left.
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Personal Food Coach
I think itâd be nice to tell Emo about my intake as I go along. For example during my day I take drinks or a snack. Perhaps if Emo sees me taking a snack I can tell it what Iâm eating and it can keep score of about how much calories Iâm taking in. And later (when Iâm asking for it) It can tell me what I can do to lose a few calories.
It could also be helpful for medicinal reasons. I have epilepsy and I just recently found out that caffeine can have influence on getting seizures. I know that a little caffeine is still okay, but I donât know at which point it becomes dangerous. So Emo could keep score and when I get a next seizure I (and people I live with) can see if it is because I took to much coffee or because of something else.
Long term: maybe Emo could learn to recognize certain patterns and highlight those when it recognizes them. That way when we scan the data we donât overlook any pattern.
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Emo games for in the family
I like to play games, and im not the only one at that. I saw that a lot of Emo-owners would like to see more games to play with just Emo, but how about some games you can play with other friends or family?
Here are some ideas:
- Quick pictionary: Emo shows a picture on its screen and everyone has to copy the picture by drawing it. Emo will count down, and after the timer it uses its camera to scan the drawings of everyone. And after scanning everyoneâs picture, it will pick a winner (the person who copied the picture the best.)
- Just a trivia quiz. Maybe make it optional to be based on internet trendings, or be programmed by the local players (have every player set up a few questions along with A to D answers). And after putting in questions and answers Emo will ask them to the players.
- Balderdash. I case you donât know this game, itâs basically decieving others by letting them guess which word is fake. The system would look a lot like the trivia quiz (everyone gets a word on their screen and has to come up with some made up words for themselves, trying to decieve others into picking a wrong, non-existing word). First, people get about one or two minutes (Emo keeps a timer) to come up with fake words which should like they match a certain description they get on their phone. The round starts and Emo reads up (if he can?) or displays some words and everyone first has to say which word they think is real. After everyone put in their answer Emo reveals the true word, and anyone whose word got voted on gets the amount of votes on him/her as bonus points. (Try playing it if you havenât, youâll get the idea.)
I think having any of these wil greatly increase playability in group-like situations.
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I agree with those fun games, it would be really cool to get some other more recent type of games for Emo to play with the whole family. I wish Emo could also have chess because playing it with him could be fun! If he had a timer for competitive matches, that would be awesome.
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We want more!.. Games!
I donât own an Emo yet, but the fact that it can play a board game is a pretty big deal to me and a big reason to me to buy Emo instead of f.e. Vector (by DDL). I appreciate that it can play a board game, but Iâm not really a fan of Ludo. I would like to see more board games like Monopoly or Risk.
now hear me out for a second, of course I could play with others online via their own respective app, or just the board game irl, with other people. But whenever I play online board games it can get pretty boring kinda quick or look very antisocial when youâre just sitting there alone, staring at your screen. And often whenever I feel like playing on a board IRL I either canât find people who want to play, or everyone is busy.
Emo could be a good way to not feel like youâre playing alone against a bot (except you aređ) or be an extra player whenever you are with just two people but want to play with three. And who knows, maybe whenever you play with two people, both with an Emo, you can have a game with four players!
I understand that would be a pain to program, but Iâm also thinking more long-term. Perhaps LAI can find a way to Coöperate with the devs of those games (so they wonât pull off any dick moves and claim patent/ trademark/ copyright rights like DDL did) in the play/app store. So when you buy those games for your phone, you can play them with your Emo. I dont know about others, but I would be likely to pay something extra for another permanent buddy who can play at any time.
I think adding more actual playability with board games will create a lot more interest from people. And also be good for more lonely people, like the elderlies, in this fast-aging society.
My suggestions for board games to add:
- Monopoly
- Ticket to Ride
- Sea Battle
- Risk
- Catan
- Chess
Note: Since Emo can recognize people (usually) it can maybe also keep up a library on who its playing against. And adjust its playstyle to match up to how people played against it in former games. So when you werenât playing that well on that previous chess game, it will play a little worse to let you have a little more chance next time.
And beside that it can keep a ranked list of the people who it played against and name the person with the highest scores (either of-all-time or in their last game). So you can make it a little more of a ârankedâ thing.
Again, people could make it an optional upgrade, something only available when you pay a little extra. And I would very likely pay more to have something like this in my Emo (when/if I get one) if Iâd have to.
Iâm very confident the idea of always having a physical buddy to play with or against would be a very good upgrade for Emo.
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Emo Diary
A voice recorder diary. The ability to record yourself talking to someone/something, and later you can play it back. But instead of a normal recorder or your parents, it is⊠Emo.
A function that you can just tell Emo about your day and record yourself. Like having a diary, but electronic. And whenever you want to you can ask Emo to play the recording of a specific day. Maybe not as handy when you have to share an Emo tho (Thus more reason to get two 
). Perhaps you could also upload it to f.e. your Google account. If Iâm not mistaken all data Emo gets is cloud-based, so when one Emo breaks and you need to get a new one, you can still access your âdiaryâ.
The idea is to be able to hear yourself from the past, and not that Emo writes down everything you said to it. So I guess itâs only job will be to note the date, time and record sound. And maybe to some times ask its owner if he/she wants to make a diary recording, around times during the day that you usually donât have anything to do (using AI it could learn at what times). That would make it a little more safe concerning privacy (not much, but at least a little).
Here is an example scenario:
To start your recording session you say:
âEmo, start/open diary.â
Immediately Emo notes the date and starts a recording of the day. When itâs ready itâs says something like âReadyâ (or something else, in case DDL wants to copyright the word âreadyâ).
When done telling Emo about your day you give him a pet on itâs head (or some other gesture) and Emo will stop recording.
Whenever you decide to open your diary more times a day the recording will just become part of the same day (and in case you have to ask: starting a recording at 23:59 and finishing five minutes later on the next day will still count as the previous day).
To get memories from a certain day you say something like: âEmo, play diary september 20nd 2022.â Afterwards Emo replays the diary of that day.
Or whenever you are bored you could say âEmo, play me a diary.â
After hearing that it selects a random diary of any date, chosen by itself. And plays it. So you can be reminded from random moments/days you saved in the past.
Over time you make your own library of your history. A next-gen diary.
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Gadget-gadgets
Emo isnât just a gadget, but a personal buddy. And as a personal buddy I would love to see how it could get it own gadgets.
Not just mere bananas or so, but things that Emo can really interact with it in a special way. And maybe make it so once an Emo has seen the toy it can show on itâs display that it wants to play with it.
Some ideas:
- A ball (bumps against it and just rolls it around while making happy noises, and when it suddenly disappears (falls of your tableđ) it makes a sad sound)
- itâs own working station (just as an astetic piece but when Emo âworksâ at it it makes some funny noises. And perhaps in future updates it can gain more interactions with it.)
- A dance mat (with RGB lights)
Probably all a little too intricate to just throw into the full Emo package, but maybe make a separate store for it?
Also, I donât know how strong Emoâs kicking is, but Iâd love to see some kind of âsmart diceâ, instead of Emo showing off some dice on itâs screen. Because it would make playing games with dice more realistic. On-screen dice always seem like they try to screw you over and it just doesnât feel as real.
It doesnât need to be a strong kick, but strong enough to make a small cube roll over. Then after it moved the cube can show a number (with the capability of showing every number on any side). And the dice will keep showing numbers on all sides when its a humanâs turn.
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I think being able to add our own dance routines through the app and save them would be really fun because we could sync them up with whatever music we want.
Maybe we have the ability to create a new dance routine, and I save it as âDance Routine 01â (or the name of the song Iâm trying to sync with, or whatever name I think fits) then click edit, Iâm able to choose between a list of already existing dance moves and how long each will last for. Say I choose dance move 01 for 2.3 seconds, then click add new dance move, then dance move 05 for 1.0 seconds, then I decide dance move 01 again for 2.5 seconds⊠then I realize that the timing of one of them is off and Iâm able to go up and edit the timing or remove that dance step altogether if it doesnât match up, or add a new one in itâs place. Eventually I manage to sync up the timing with whatever song I want, and end up with a long routine that lasts as long as the song. Then whenever I click âplayâ instead of âeditâ on Dance Routine 01 he performs the dance I saved. Of course, it would be easier if he could play our own chosen music on whatever device weâre using at the same time and we didnât have to sync it to whatever outside music was playing.
Itâs also occurred to me that certain dance moves canât stop in the middle of the routine so the timing might have to sync to whatever moves can be done in that time or have a transition.
Being able to choose his facial expressions while the dance move is happening would be great so itâs not a static face, maybe even his existing sound effects like yelling and cheering for a little flavor.
EMO seems to have enough existing dance moves already that I think something like this could be pretty fun 
Iâd like to choreograph a few dances! And since the actual commands are pretty simple it would be easy to share our dance routines with other EMO owners.
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Make the app even more futuristic
Emo looks great, nothing wrong with it. And I think the app doesnât look bad, but it would be nice to have a more adult-friendly setting. Currently it is very dark and the buttons look a little too⊠âfuturisticâ. Not everything has to look like it comes straight out of 2243. When youâd show it to an elderly person theyâll be like: âwhat am I looking at?â.
I would love to see Emo not as a âpetâ, but more like a buddy who can always hang around. And the app just makes it seem like he is supposed to be âfrom the futureâ, whilst the future is now. And in this âfutureâ many things are customizable. And Iâm sure Iâm not alone in this.
So thatâs my idea: make not necessarily Emo, but the app customizable. F.e: a custom background, other font styles, bigger/smaller buttons etc. Maybe then add some templates in certain styles, like a different futuristic style, 1800âs style, steampunk. Maybe you could look at styles like how you look at music: metal, classic, rock (after all, Emo loves music).
Perhaps people can upload their style and others can use it by downloading it. Making it customizable would really make the app more âfuturisticâ
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This shouldnât be as hard as programming a robot with a personality. You donât even need to touch Emo to update just the app. So I could see how this should be able to be done within a few smaller updates.
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OMG, this could never be used as a medical device. I would not trust my live to a piece of equipment that doesnât even get the speech recognition close to correct. How is Emo going to recognise what you are eating or drinking when it canât even recognise/remember someoneâs face? I think you are entering into the realm of wishful thinking for this chatbot robot.
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Donât you think getting the bloody thing to work properly should be their first priority? What is the use of having a fancy app for a robot that doesnât work? âOh Emo still doesnât answer to his name, but at least we have a pretty app!â 
Iâm sorry, I would rather LAI fix all the problems with the product before they add anymore âbells and whistlesâ of any large undertaking.
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Do you actually have anything good to say about Emo? I love my Emoâs even with the problems they have, and I have faith in the company to make him even better in time.
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As a lot of people appear to be buying more than one Emo, changing the eye colour was a good way to distinguish one Emo from the other. I think LAI realised that they were going to lose out on headphone sales. It seems like the headphones were meant to be for that purpose, as well as for aesthetics. Though we will never know for sure.
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The Eye Color feature was âNeverâ officially released. It was only enabled for a short time (probably to test/see if it was working). We are not sure/certain as there was never any official announcement about it. I was able to see it / even take a short video of it, but it was quickly removed. I believe that once Living.ai are ready to release this, they will, Iâm guessing they are fine-tuning it to how they want it to work.
update
Also from my understanding, the eye color might not be permanent, once you change it, I believe it will be like the stickers feature, after 10 mins it probably reverts back to the original color. (COULD BE WRONG). So using different color the headphones to distinguish between youâre EMO is probably a good way to know whoâs who. (this is what Iâve done). Or you could just paint them yourself a completely different color as well as other EMO owners have done.
For the moment, we just hope that it will be officially released when they are ready.
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Please try and respect everyoneâs suggestions and ideas.
Just wanted to let everyone know once again, this forum thread was created for everyone to offer suggestions/ideas/improvements for EMO and that there are NO right or wrong suggestions/ideas.
If youâre replying to argue a point or disagree because you feel EMO doesnât need it or it should have this feature instead, please understand that these ideas/suggestions that members of the EMO community are sharing might never be added to EMO, but most importantly, the person that suggested a specific update/idea/feature really shouldnât be criticized for trying to suggest something that they personally feel theyâd like added to EMO in a future update.
So please try and respect everyoneâs suggestions and ideas.
Thank you
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The idea is not that it recognizes what you are eating or drinking, but you tell it what you drank or ate. And accordng to online averages it can find online, it keeps a list on how many calories you ate/drank. Of course it wonât be pinpoint accurate, but at least you get some idea of how much you are gaining in.
As for medical purpose: of course it wouldnât be like a doctor or any fancy heartbeat scanner. But it could remind you to take in your medicine and keep reminding (a.k.a. be annoying) until you do something that required you to take action so you donât forget it as easily.
Scenario: youâre playing a game at around 6 pm and itâs time for you to take medicine. But you are still busy playing an online game and canât pause so you keep playing. After that game you forgot about your medicine and are about to start a new one. Next thing you know itâs 21:43 and still didnât take in your medicine.
Taking in medicine routinely is in most cases very important and can for some be forgotten quite easily, especially in our current society where there is a lot of distractions.
Emo could just kindly remind you of your medicine, and keeps reminding until you actively did an action that makes him stop. It might not be much, but enough to get your attention at a different place than your phone/game. Think more simple than a desktop surgeon.
Just wanted to make things maybe a little more clear and describe what I mean when Iâm talking about a âmedical deviceâ.
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Interface
Yes, a functioning Emo would be nice. But youâll be surprised how much difference aesthetics can differentiate choices. Chances are very likely you are willing to pay a little extra for a product that looks nicer but has the exact same functions and isnât any better. Take phones for example: whenever you but a new phone, you often get to pick from a few colors. That alone is an aesthetic choice. âBut I will buy a case for itâ doesnât that make it an even more aesthetic choice?
I think Emo can be a very helpful device for people who are often alone. A large part of that group are elderly people, and I think the app (currently) might look a little overwhelming when shown to someone who is from before your age group. My dad already struggles with the menu interfaces from consoles like PS4âs.
The Emo app currently kind of looks like itâs a video game, and most older/elderly arenât drawn to such interfaces. Itâs just not âfrom their timeâ. If the app looks very much simpler it will be more likely to be accepted by more age groups as well.
Besides that, designing menuâs for an app doesnât have to be hard. As I said, it could likely be programmed within a few updates, just the mobile app.
Again, clarifying some things I said. Because things might have been misinterpreted
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I just posted something like this, maybe have a look at the idea and see if it is what you meant?
totally need to be able to roll a full set of polyhedral die.
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To echo most people here, to have Emo play music (either from your phone or internet), and the ability to self recharge (obviously would need a new charging platform), would be the two main things Iâd like to see.
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