Computer system and method for facilitating an interactive conversational session with a digital conversational character

A method performed by a computing system, the method comprising:

• receiving, from a computing device associated with a user, data identifying an object that has been detected;
• based on the received data identifying the detected object, determining information associated with the detected object;
• causing the computing device associated with the user to present a view of a given type of visual conversation application that enables the user to interact with a digital conversational character in an interactive conversational session;
• determining a given interaction mode from a plurality of interaction modes for the interactive conversational session between the user and the digital conversational character, wherein the plurality of interaction modes comprises a personal mode and a non-personal mode;
• and
• facilitating the interactive conversational session between the user and the digital conversational character based on the determined information associated with the detected object and the determined given interaction mode.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, wherein the non-transitory computer-readable storage medium is provisioned with program instructions that are executable to cause a computing system to:

• receive, from a computing device associated with a user, data identifying an object that has been detected;
• based on the received data identifying the detected object, determine information associated with the detected object;
• cause the computing device associated with the user to present a view of a given type of visual conversation application that enables the user to interact with a digital conversational character in an interactive conversational session;
• determine a given interaction mode from a plurality of interaction modes for the interactive conversational session between the user and the digital conversational character, wherein the plurality of interaction modes comprises a personal mode and a non-personal mode;
• and
• facilitate the interactive conversational session between the user and the digital conversational character based on the determined information associated with the detected object and the determined given interaction mode.