LiveX brings engaging, AI-powered intelligent human-sized avatar kiosks to retail and airport sites

LiveX AI Inc., a Palo Alto-based company, unveiled its AI City product line, kiosk-driven, life-size human-like AI hosts designed to engage guests across retail, technology, hospitality and entertainment settings. Currently installed in more than 100 locations, these avatars interact with visitors through life-sized human avatars, providing personalized assistance in navigation, product recommendations, event guidance, and answering queries about the venue.

The company's President and Chief AI Officer, Jia Li, emphasized the necessity of intelligence meeting people wherever they are, stating that AI should greet travelers at airports, guide hospital patients, help shoppers, and manage large crowds like the 60,000 at a single event. Unlike traditional kiosks that rely on rigid menus and lack multilingual capabilities, AI City kiosks can see and hear users, reacting almost like a human in real-time.

These kiosks are part of the growing trend of companies attempting to bring physical AI products like general-purpose robotics to market, though such advancements are still years away. AI City kiosks offer interactive 3D maps, 3D products, and multilingual translation, enhancing customer experience by allowing staff to assist more customers and handle complex issues.

The LiveX Interactive Intelligence platform runs on Nvidia RTX Pro 6000 Blackwell Server Edition GPUs and employs Nvidia's Metropolis VSS Blueprint for visual AI agents. Nvidia's Cosmos platform, an open world model builder, and Omniverse libraries further enable location-aware applications, providing deep understanding of human interactions in real-world settings.