Oesterreichisches Forschungsinstitut fuer Artificial Intelligence (OeFAI)
Schottengasse 3, A-1010 Wien
Tel.: +43-1-53361120, Fax: +43-1-5336112-77, Email: sec@ai.univie.ac.at
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Mag. Oliver Holle
CEO & Co-Founder
sysis interactive simulations ag
Vienna
Flirtboat & Austropolis:
or how to marry AL science with online entertainment
The sysis NetLife platform provides a basis for interactive soap operas. People
move around a well defined world, meeting and interacting, talking about
ordinary, everyday things, like love, politics or sports, and of course: each
other. And the most important thing, voyeurism: You can watch them on a daily
basis! But NetLife is even better than any standard soap opera in one important
aspect: it is interactive! Avatars are always keen to learn the user's opinion
and get some advice - although they might not always follow it.
So far, sysis launched two products based upon this platform. Flirtboat, the
first application, hosted more than 16.000 registered users, every day, an
average of 1.450 users were visiting their avatar. Austropolis, the second
product, just launched these days and is focused on the world of politics.
The sysis NetLife platform is a software tool that allows to create virtual
worlds which can be dedicated to all kinds of topics and populating them with
avatars. The user can create his own avatar and lets this avatar participate in
the stories that evolve. The activities of an avatar can be influenced through
giving advice, but the avatar has his own life and personality, acting as an
autonomous being. In fact, this platform presents a combination of the common
avatar concept (virtual creatures which are completely driven by the user in all
aspects) and the concept of agents, which are by definition, completely
autonomous.
Zeit: Montag, 26. Maerz 2001, 18:30 Uhr pktl.
Ort: OeFAI, Schottengasse 3, 1010 Wien 1.
OESTERREICHISCHES FORSCHUNGSINSTITUT
FUER ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
o.Univ.-Prof.Dr.Robert Trappl