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

2. What’s Virtual Community? Communication (Chat, talk..) Interaction (Walk, interact..) Government (Administrate, punish..) Finance (Money, bargaining..) VRML, Agent-based

3. System Architecture client browser VRML EAI (threads) Server

4. Web server: Aparche, resin Database: MySQL Script: JSP, Javascript, Java Applet

5. 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

6. 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.

7. Scene Street Room Park Anywhere..

8. Example Blaxxun Virtual Community Goal: Simulate it by DLP, STEP, Web Agent..

9. Virtual Community Jie Yang Taoying Yuan 21 October 2003 CS, Vrije Universiteit