<s>
Starship	B-Device
Commander	I-Device
:	I-Device
Arcade	I-Device
a	O
cinematic	O
VR	O
experience	O
which	O
allows	O
players	O
to	O
have	O
natural	O
language	O
conversations	O
with	O
the	O
Non-player	O
characters	O
in	O
the	O
story	O
in	O
a	O
sci-fi	O
setting	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Developed	O
by	O
Human	B-Device
Interact	I-Device
,	O
a	O
Champaign	O
,	O
Illinois	O
based	O
company	O
,	O
Starship	B-Device
Commander	I-Device
was	O
announced	O
on	O
February	O
7	O
,	O
2017	O
in	O
conjunction	O
with	O
Microsoft	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Due	O
to	O
the	O
size	O
of	O
the	O
VR	O
market	O
,	O
Human	B-Device
Interact	I-Device
has	O
released	O
a	O
smaller	O
portion	O
as	O
an	O
arcade	O
release	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
larger	O
Starship	B-Device
Commander	I-Device
game	O
unclear	O
if	O
it	O
will	O
finish	O
development	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Human	B-Device
Interact	I-Device
started	O
development	O
of	O
Starship	B-Device
Commander	I-Device
in	O
early	O
2016	O
as	O
a	O
narrative-focused	O
title	O
that	O
is	O
played	O
out	O
in	O
virtual	B-Application
reality	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
first	O
,	O
Human	B-Device
Interact	I-Device
attempted	O
to	O
create	O
their	O
own	O
natural	B-Language
language	I-Language
processing	I-Language
technology	O
,	O
but	O
later	O
decided	O
to	O
rely	O
on	O
existing	O
machine	O
learning	O
implementations	O
due	O
to	O
the	O
difficulty	O
of	O
achieving	O
a	O
good	O
degree	O
of	O
accuracy	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Recent	O
advances	O
in	O
speech	B-Application
recognition	I-Application
allowed	O
the	O
company	O
to	O
develop	O
a	O
VR	O
title	O
that	O
is	O
controlled	O
via	O
human	O
speech	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Human	B-Device
Interact	I-Device
announced	O
its	O
debut	O
title	O
Starship	B-Device
Commander	I-Device
in	O
February	O
2017	O
,	O
to	O
be	O
released	O
on	O
the	O
Oculus	B-Application
Store	O
and	O
SteamVR	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Starship	B-Device
Commander	I-Device
made	O
its	O
world	O
premiere	O
at	O
the	O
Future	O
of	O
Storytelling	O
on	O
October	O
4	O
,	O
2018	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
November	O
28	O
,	O
2018	O
,	O
Human	B-Device
Interact	I-Device
announced	O
that	O
they	O
would	O
be	O
bringing	O
a	O
special	O
version	O
of	O
Starship	B-Device
Commander	I-Device
to	O
arcades	O
titled	O
Starship	B-Device
Commander	I-Device
:	I-Device
Arcade	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Starship	B-Device
Commander	I-Device
uses	O
Microsoft	O
Cognitive	B-General_Concept
Services	I-General_Concept
,	O
a	O
Cognitive	B-General_Concept
computing	I-General_Concept
platform	O
to	O
detect	O
speech	O
and	O
intent	O
from	O
the	O
player	O
to	O
drive	O
the	O
natural	O
language	O
interactions	O
in	O
the	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Alexander	O
Mejia	O
stated	O
that	O
he	O
decided	O
not	O
to	O
use	O
any	O
motion	O
controllers	O
because	O
users	O
are	O
still	O
so	O
new	O
to	O
VR	O
,	O
they	O
spend	O
a	O
lot	O
of	O
time	O
waving	O
their	O
hands	O
around	O
in	O
virtual	B-Application
space	I-Application
and	O
forget	O
to	O
speak	O
to	O
characters	O
in	O
the	O
story	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
Microsoft	O
Build	O
(	O
developer	O
conference	O
)	O
it	O
was	O
revealed	O
that	O
Microsoft	O
Cognitive	B-General_Concept
Services	I-General_Concept
has	O
reached	O
below	O
a	O
6%	O
Word	B-General_Concept
error	I-General_Concept
rate	I-General_Concept
which	O
they	O
claim	O
is	O
as	O
good	O
as	O
human	O
hearing	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
During	O
this	O
announcement	O
Starship	B-Device
Commander	I-Device
was	O
featured	O
as	O
the	O
application	O
to	O
achieve	O
this	O
goal	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Starship	B-Device
Commander	I-Device
:	I-Device
Arcade	I-Device
won	O
the	O
Best	O
VR	O
Game	O
at	O
DreamHack	O
Austin	O
2018	O
,	O
and	O
was	O
shortlisted	O
for	O
2	O
VR	O
Awards	O
for	O
Best	O
VR	O
Experience	O
and	O
Most	O
Innovative	O
VR	O
company	O
.	O
</s>
