Napster View 3D avatar device installed on a laptop.
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Napster launches tools for real-time video chat with embodied AI assistants

Napster announced two new AI products: the Napster Companion conversational AI platform with intelligent agents; and Napster View, a 3D second-screen device for two-way spatial conversations.

Infinite Reality recently bought Napster for $207 million, and the Infinite Reality renamed itself as Napster Corp. in the wake of its $500 million acquisition of Touchcast. Now it is focusing on providing the next generation of digital media and ecommerce.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.