Method involving digital avatar

A computer-implemented method, comprising:

• displaying on a screen of a device a navigation map with a digital avatar, wherein the digital avatar displayed on the screen is capable of interacting with a user of the device with voice combined with at least one of gesture and facial expression;
• receiving a spoken input from the user via at least one microphone of the device;
• the digital avatar responding or reacting to the input from the user, with voice combined with gestures and/or facial expressions;
• detecting a predetermined trigger event;
• and
• in response to detecting the predetermined trigger event, switching to displaying on the screen a mixed or augmented reality view, wherein the mixed or augmented reality view includes an image captured by a camera associated with the device, and wherein the digital avatar is overlaid on the image captured by the camera.

A computer program product comprising computer program code to perform, when executed on a computer device, the steps of:

• displaying on a screen of the computer device a navigation map with a digital avatar, wherein the digital avatar displayed on the screen is capable of interacting with a user of the computer device with voice combined with at least one of gesture and facial expression;
• receiving a spoken input from the user via at least one microphone;
• responding or reacting, by the digital avatar, to the input from the user, with voice combined with gestures and/or facial expressions;
• detecting a predetermined trigger event;
• and
• in response to detecting the predetermined trigger event, switching to displaying on the screen a mixed or augmented reality view, wherein the mixed or augmented reality view includes an image captured by a camera associated with the computer device, and wherein a digital avatar is overlaid on the image captured by the camera, which digital avatar is capable of interacting with a user of the mobile device with voice combined with at least one of gesture and facial expression.

A mobile device comprising a screen and a camera, wherein the mobile device is configured to:

• display on the screen a navigation map with a digital avatar, wherein the digital avatar displayed on the screen is capable of interacting with a user of the mobile device with voice combined with at least one of gesture and facial expression;
• receive a spoken input from the user via at least one microphone of the mobile device;
• respond or react, by means of the digital avatar, to the input from the user, with voice combined with gestures and/or facial expressions;
• detect a predetermined trigger event;
• and
• in response to detecting the predetermined trigger event, switch to displaying on the screen a mixed or augmented reality view, wherein the mixed or augmented reality view includes an image captured by the camera, and wherein the digital avatar is overlaid on the image captured by the camera.