Release version 1.13 on the 8th of May 2023

Highlights

Animations

From now on, you can make your avatar perform various animations. For example, you can make your avatar jump, nod, shake its head and much more.

Here are some animations you can try out:

#ANI/joy_jump_1, #ANI/salute_1, #ANI/kiss_1, #ANI/handshake_1, #ANI/point_down_left_1

You can find the list of animations here: List of animations.

Uploading speeches with variations in a bulk

Imagine you have a table with a bunch of phrases and you want to copy and paste this as a bunch into your plural project into the field what the avatar says (in this example we use Airtable as a spreadsheet, but that is up to you).

User Input element: Selection from the drop-down list by voice

In the User Input element, you can select a dropdown as the input type. As of this version, the person speaking to your avatar can select from this dropdown list not only by touch but also by voice input.

In this concrete example, the avatar asks the user to select the company he works for from the dropdown list. So the user does not have to click and scroll through the drop-down list, but can simply say the name of the company, which is then automatically selected.

Home button and language change button for avatar projects

Now it is even easier for the users of your avatar project to jump back to the start, through an always visible home button and if your project supports more than one language, you also automatically have an always visible language change button.

Home button and button for changing the language in the upper left corner

Change second overlay color for portrait mode

In the portrait avatar project, there is a second overlay that is located between the avatar and buttons, headlines and subtexts. The color of this overlay can now be changed, for which there is a second button in the design editor.

Improvements in the API call element

This may be more important for advanced users of Plural, with programming skills, as it is now possible to send not only raw data in JSON format, but also form data and URL-encoded data. To do this, simply switch the selection under the "Body" tab.

General Improvements

Overlay fix in portrait mode

The overlay in the avatar project was cut off at the top edge in Protrait mode. From now on it matches the edges of the screen.

Improvements in Scripting element

Use the strg s key combination to save your code and the esc key to close the scripting element. You will also now see the status saved as button text when you save your code.

Use the ESC key to close plural windows such as the editor

For all robot frames: Avatar, Temi, Pepper and NAO, you can close windows like the editor with the ESC key from now on.

General improvements in wording

For example, the editor pop-up for adding speeches now has a better descriptive placeholder text, the delete button for removing a chatbot is now red instead of grey for better visibility, and the context menu (you can open by clicking on the three dots of your frame avatar/robot) has a new order.