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ISReal: An Open Platform for Semantic-Based 3D Simulations in the 3D Internet

  • Patrick Kapahnke
  • Pascal Liedtke
  • Stefan Nesbigall
  • Stefan Warwas
  • Matthias Klusch
Conference paper
Part of the Lecture Notes in Computer Science book series (LNCS, volume 6497)

Abstract

We present the first open and cross-disciplinary 3D Internet research platform, called ISReal, for intelligent 3D simulation of realities. Its core innovation is the comprehensively integrated application of semantic Web technologies, semantic services, intelligent agents, verification and 3D graphics for this purpose. In this paper, we focus on the interplay between its components for semantic XML3D scene query processing and semantic 3D animation service handling, as well as the semantic-based perception and action planning with coupled semantic service composition by agent-controlled avatars in a virtual world. We demonstrate the use of the implemented platform for semantic-based 3D simulations in a small virtual world example with an intelligent user avatar and discuss results of the platform performance evaluation.

Keywords

Virtual World Multiagent System Semantic Annotation Hybrid Automaton Scene Graph 
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Authors and Affiliations

  • Patrick Kapahnke
    • 1
  • Pascal Liedtke
    • 1
  • Stefan Nesbigall
    • 1
  • Stefan Warwas
    • 1
  • Matthias Klusch
    • 1
  1. 1.German Research Center for Artificial IntelligenceSaarbrückenGermany

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