Sexy VR Assistant rushes complaints and manufacturers delete characters & apologize

It is the largest search engine in China and Japanese input application of Japanese inputSimejiKnown forBaiduIs a video on demand service "iQiyi"Is provided. This iQiyi is also delivering movies for VR headsets, but when the female character who carries out the guide when using VR is "sexy too much" complained, complaints rushed, Baidu deleted the character It is a situation to apologize.

Baidu apologizes for sexy 'girlfriend' VR interface - The Verge
https://www.theverge.com/2017/12/13/16773514/baidu-iqiyi-vivi-vr-virtual-girlfriend-assistant-pulled

The name of the VR Assistant character that disappeared from the top of iQiyi is "Vivi". As an assistant for iQiyi's VR headset "Qiyu VR" in March 2017AnnouncementAnd it was made available to some users as a beta test at the time of article creation.

This is the VR Assistant Vivi. It is made imitating a human without being deformed, and it is strangely real. It is hidden by the hair, but the place where the breasts are big enough is a problem.


The basic role of Vivi is a voice interface, but in addition, it has functions such as "to feel people's feeling through emotion recognition technology" and "find a recommended movie from user interaction". But,The Wall Street JournalPointed out that there are users who are only distressed at Vivi's chest,South China Morning PostAs Vivi wrote "like a domineering boss and secretarial role playing", Vivi was too sexy for the problem.

Baidu decided to delete Vivi after all, "iQiyi is aware of the problem raised in the media and is currently offline to make further changes.We want to raise concerns." And a statement on The Wall Street Journal.

Most of the assistant functions that can be used for VR service and speech recognition service released from other manufacturersFemaleThe Verge points out that overseas media The overseas media point out that this is a link between women and obedience. Baigu commented that Qiyu VR which Vivi can use basically assumes for men, and The Verge says "even if it is a beta service, big companies like Baidu like that It is very bad to have a good idea. "