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24 alternatives to The FATcast - The Virtual Assistant Who’s Virtually Human

Amy: The Virtual Assistant Who's Virtually Human

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. The FATcast - The Virtual Assistant Who’s Virtually Human launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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   Gatebox▲281

   A holographic virtual home assistant.

   2016 · its alternatives →

2. 2VM
   Virtual Machines in the Browser▲281

   2013 · blog.grunseid.com · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Zirtual▲103

   Virtual assistants for busy people.

   2014 · its alternatives →

4. 4WB
   We built a crowd-powered virtual assistant▲85

   2013 · premier.mobileworks.com · its alternatives →

5. 5
   O'Reilly Bots - #4 - Cathy Pearl on voice user interfaces for bots▲61

   The basics of VUI design

   2016 · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Riley ▲145

   A personal assistant for apartment hunting

   2015 · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Alice by Couple▲57

   An AI companion from the folks who built Couple

   2014 · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Real Virtual Show 008: Virtual & Augmented Reality for Real Life Solutions w/ Steve Dann▲64

   Where real people talk live about virtual reality + podcast

   2016 · its alternatives →

9. 9MA
   Meera – A General Purpose Configurable Virtual Assistant▲6

   2019 · github.com · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Humani: Jessie’s Story▲76

    A conversation-based narrative game

    2016 · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Mumbly Hour - Life in Incognito Mode▲55

    Google IO and the future of intelligent assistants

    2016 · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Real Virtual Show Ep. 33: 3D Human-Computer Interaction for VR/AR w/ Raj Rao of @uSensinc▲60

    Where real people talk about VR/AR #realvirtual

    2016 · its alternatives →

13. 13DA
    DiveReal – A Virtual World inside StreetView▲23

    2015 · divereal.com · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Real Virtual Show▲63

    Where real people talk live about virtual reality + podcast

    2016 · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Real Virtual Show 019: Solving Problems with Virtual Reality w/ @DoraCheng cofounder of @uForis▲62

    Where real people talk live about virtual + podcast

    2016 · its alternatives →

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    Real Virtual Show 007: Business, Retail, and the Future of E-Commerce with Virtual Reality w/ Kym Porter▲59

    Where real people talk live about virtual reality + podcast

    2016 · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Demuxed: Ep. #2, Adaptive Streaming & DASH▲55

    Podcast for & by engineers working with web video

    2016 · its alternatives →

18. 18HA
    HackerBody – A Geek’s Guide to Getting in Shape▲54

    2014 · hackerbody.com · its alternatives →

19. 19TV
    The Virtual Assistant for Hackers▲8

    2021 · josunday.com · its alternatives →

20. 20
    JoJo: Go Record Yourself▲24

    A micro-podcasting platform

    2017 · its alternatives →

21. 21
    The Hustle Episode 60: Imagine an Army of Friend Bots (with Chris Messina)▲20

    Open source, conversational UI and contextual design

    2017 · its alternatives →

22. 22
    RVS009: Designing and Developing in Virtual Reality w/ Robyn Gray▲5

    Where real people talk live about virtual + podcast

    2016 · its alternatives →

23. 23HJ
    HumanInput.js – A library for capturing human input▲24

    2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

24. 24MH
    MCP-Human: Human Assistance for AI Assistants▲5

    2025 · github.com · its alternatives →

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