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Saturday May 25th 2013

Meet AVA the virtual avatar assistant coming to NYC airports

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey announced last week that life-size digital projections of customer care representatives will start work this summer at three airports.

After the Port Authority reviewed about 10,000 comments from the public, they found that travelers want more human interaction when they are transiting airports.

Instead of training existing staff, machines that project virtual assistants have been rented for a six-month trial, costing US$180,000.

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