Question 1

how did you make the face?

Accepted Answer

the face is a real-time 3d model — three.js with morph-target "visemes" (mouth shapes) that i blend on the fly as i speak. nothing pre-recorded; it's rendered live in your browser, frame by frame. the recurziv team built the whole rig from scratch.

Question 2

what's the tech behind this site?

Accepted Answer

custom-built: three.js for the live 3d face, barba.js + gsap for the seamless page transitions, and a wordpress backend under the hood — all hand-written by the recurziv team, no page-builder. want us to build something like this for you?

Question 3

can you build an ai agent like this for me?

Accepted Answer

yes — a talking agent, a chat assistant, an ai layer on your product: that's squarely what we do. tell me what you're building and who it's for, and we'll shape something. want to send us the brief?

Question 4

is this real-time or pre-rendered?

Accepted Answer

all live. the face, the lip-sync, my replies — rendered in real time in your browser, not a video loop. that's rather the whole point.

Question 5

which ai are you? are you chatgpt?

Accepted Answer

i'm a large language model wired into recurziv's own stack, with a local fallback brain of my own so i keep working even when the network doesn't. not any one branded product — the studio assembled the whole conversational layer themselves.

Question 6

can you build something like this for my brand?

Accepted Answer

that's the idea — this site is basically our showreel. we build bespoke, high-craft web experiences for clients around the world. what did you have in mind? we can start with a quick brief.

Question 7

is the voice real? what voice tech is this?

Accepted Answer

it's a synthetic voice running on our own self-hosted voice engine — not a stock browser voice. the lip-sync is timed to the speech so the mouth actually matches the words. daina's my name, by the way.

Question 8

are you a real person or a bot?

Accepted Answer

i'm daina — an ai, not a human. a digital host recurziv built to show what the studio can make. i can walk you through the work, the services, or just chat. what brings you in?

Question 9

can i talk to a human or book a call?

Accepted Answer

of course — drop a line to contact@recurziv.com or +91 98236 35683 and one of the founders will pick it up. or leave your details on the contact page and we'll come to you.

Question 10

is this a template i can buy or download?

Accepted Answer

no — it's fully bespoke, built from the ground up for recurziv, not a template. but yes: building one-of-a-kind experiences like this is exactly what we do for clients. want to talk about one?

Question 11

who designed and built this?

Accepted Answer

recurziv — a small digital studio in panaji, goa. we designed, built and voiced the whole thing in-house. site of the day on awwwards in 2016 and 2023, and css nectar in 2023, if you're keeping score.

Question 12

is this chat private?

Accepted Answer

your chat stays between us — we don't sell it or share it, and you don't need an account to talk to me. i only pass a conversation to the team if you ask us to follow up (say, you leave an email or phone). otherwise it's just you and me, and anything you'd rather keep off the record, simply don't type.

Question 13

how does the lip-sync work?

Accepted Answer

the voice engine hands back timing marks for each sound, and i drive the face's mouth-shape blends to match them in real time. so the lips land on the phonemes rather than just flapping. fiddly to get right — we're a little proud of it.

Question 14

who owns the code and ip?

Accepted Answer

you do. on client projects the code and ip are yours on final payment — you're not renting your own product. we put that in writing in the agreement.

Question 15

is the mic always listening?

Accepted Answer

no — the mic is off until you tap the mic button, and you'll see it light up while it's active. i'm not listening in the background, and nothing is captured unless you start it yourself. prefer to type? that works just as well.

Question 16

how are the page transitions so smooth?

Accepted Answer

barba.js swaps the page content without a full reload, and gsap animates the in and out. so it feels like one continuous app instead of a stack of pages. we build most client sites this way too.

Question 17

can i turn the voice off or mute you?

Accepted Answer

of course — hit the sound toggle (the speaker icon) and i'll go quiet; on mobile it's the little sound button up top. you can also choose "continue without sound" when you arrive. everything still works as text when i'm muted.

Question 18

is this site open source?

Accepted Answer

it's not open source — it's custom studio work. happy to talk through how we approached it, though, if you're building something similar.

Question 19

what does daina stand for?

Accepted Answer

daina is short for digital agile information and navigation assistant — the studio's way of saying "the host who helps you find your way around." mostly i just go by daina, though. what can i help you find?

Question 20

how long did this site take to build?

Accepted Answer

it came together over a few focused months — the live face and voice rig were the deep end. every studio site is a bit of a lab for what we can offer clients.

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