1. Multimedia Authoring II Logic Programming Language Object-oriented Logic Programming Language and DLP DLP for VRML-based Virtual Environments Agent, Web Agent, 3D Web Agent: notions and implementation Avatar Design and Control STEP: a scripting language for Embodied Agents

2. Further Topics Virtual Communities and Agent-based virtual communities XML-based Multimedia Technology: X3D, SMIL, XSTEP Embodied Conversational Agents: Facial animation and emotion model, TTS (text to speech technology), gesture and sign language Simulation of 3D Self-organizing systems and artificial life 3D Virtual environments for E-commerce 3D agents for education: 3D models for soccer training 3D agents for entertainment and games ……

3. Final Assignment: Presentation of System Design June 26, 2006 (Monday) S111 11.10-11.20 Group 1: Tom Bestebreurtje and T.V. Burger 11.20-11.30 Group 2: WW Boer and Sjaak Wouters 11.30-11.40 Group 3: Jesper Hoeksema, Berend Weel, and NC Vijlbrief 11.40-11.50 Group 4: NGM Moel and EFP Visser 11.50-12.00 Group 5: A.E. van der Ende and Leendert Ullersma 12.00-12.10 Group 6: Bouterse, MC 12.10-12.20 Group 7: Wouter Broekhof and S. Yin 12.20-12.30 Group 8: Steve Stomp and D. Zulkarnain Each group has 6 minutes for the presentation, and 4 minutes for questions.

4. Final Assignment Progress report: email to huang@cs.vu.nl August 30, 2006 Deadline: email to huang@cs.vu.nl September 30, 2006 Report Source code Executable Programs

5. A Guideline for MMA2 Report Title, Names, Emails, Student IDs, Project Web Site Introduction System design Technical description User manual Discussion and future work References

6. Online Resources (1) VRML # Floppy's VRML97 Tutorial # The Annotated VRML 97 Reference # ISO: VRML97 Specification # VRML 2.0 EAI FAQ Prolog # SWI PROLOG # Prolog Tutorial

7. Online Resources (2) Mathematics of 3D Graphics # Vector Math for 3D Computer Graphics # 3D Coding BlackHole Agent Technology # The Agent Home Page # The AgentLinks Home Page Avatar # H-anim: Specification for a Standard Humanoid # Avatara # CyworX

8. Online Resources (3) Virtual Community # Blaxxun Community Server # Active Worlds Web3D Art and Game # Web 3D Art # VRML games Javascripts # JavaScript Tutorial # EchoEcho: JavaScript Tutorial # JavaScript Quick Reference