Virtual Agents and 3D Virtual Worlds for Preserving and Simulating Cultures

Most researchers associate a culture with the knowledge that is somehow related to the environment inhabited by the knowledge carriers and results in producing highly distinct objects characteristic for a particular culture. In our work we propose a model of virtual culture that preserves the environment, objects and knowledge associated with a certain culture in a 3D Virtual World. We highlight the significance of virtual agents in our model as, on the one hand, being the knowledge carriers and, on the other hand, being an important element establishing the connection between the environment, objects and knowledge. For testing the resulting model we have developed a research prototype simulating the culture of the ancient City of Uruk 3000 B. C., one of the first human-built cities on Earth, within a Virtual World of Second Life.

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2009
• Where: IVA
• Authors: Anton Bogdanovych, Juan Antonio Rodriguez, Simeon J. Simoff, Alex Cohen
• Keywords: Artificial Intelligence, IVA 2009, Knowledge Carriers, Virtual Culture, Virtual World