Virtual Community Multimedia Authoring II Final Project By Jie Yang & Taoying Yuan System Design Presentation - 21 October 2003.

Virtual Community

Multimedia Authoring II Final Project

By Jie Yang & Taoying Yuan

System Design Presentation - 21 October 2003

What’s Virtual Community?

Communication (Chat, talk..)

Interaction (Walk, interact..)

Government (Administrate, punish..)

Finance (Money, bargaining..)

VRML, Agent-based

System Architecture

client client client

browser browser browser

VRML EAI VRML EAI VRML EAI

(threads)

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Server

Server

Web server: Aparche, resin

Database: MySQL

Script: JSP, Javascript, Java Applet

Basic unit: citizen - avatar Web-based VRML

Register: set information to server Login: get information from server Update: update information to server Logout, Cancel

Clients

Agents

Servant Businessman Singer Pet …

An autonomous program with its own avatar which is able to perform complex tasks to provide service for or interact with the citizens of virtual community.

Scene

Street Room Park Anywhere..

Example

Blaxxun Virtual Community

Goal: Simulate it by DLP, STEP, Web Agent..

Virtual Community

Jie Yang Taoying Yuan

21 October 2003CS, Vrije Universiteit