Sweekar turns the Tamagotchi into a physical AI pocket pet that won't die on you

"Sweekar is an AI companion built into a palm-sized toy, a cutesy egg-shaped device with ears and a screen for its face. As with a Tamagotchi, you'll have to feed and play with it to keep it happy and healthy, and its mood and facial expressions will reflect your care. But this virtual pet will remember your voice and the activities you've done together"

"It starts out as a closed egg for its two-day incubation period, after which it will "break" its shell to reveal a face. From then on, you have to keep it alive with care tasks and attention in order to raise it through the baby and teen stages. Once it's an adult though, it will be able to care for itself autonomously. That means you no longer run the risk of killing it through neglect."

Sweekar is a palm-sized, egg-shaped AI companion with ears and a screen face that behaves like a Tamagotchi. It has four life stages: a two-day closed-egg incubation, then baby, teen, and adult stages. Users must feed and play with Sweekar to keep it happy; mood and facial expressions reflect user care. Sweekar remembers a user’s voice and shared activities, and adult Sweekar becomes autonomous, entertaining itself and taking virtual excursions. The device becomes unkillable from Level 51 onward, requires charging, comes in multiple colors with swappable shells and outfits, and is likely priced at $100–$150 with a planned Kickstarter launch.

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