Youth Olympic Village Co-space

We have designed and implemented a 3D virtual world based on the Co-Space concept encompasses the Youth Olympic Village (YOV) and several sports competition venues. It is a massively multiplayer online (MMO) virtual world built according to the actual, physical locations of the YOV and sports competition venues. On top of that, the Co-Space is being populated with human-like avatars, which are created according to the actual human size and appearance, they perform their activities and interact with the users in real-world context. In addition, autonomous intelligent agents are integrated into the Co-Space to provide context-aware and personalized services to the users. These agents, which are in the form of human-like avatars, act as the users´ personal tour guides, they interact with the users and gradually learn the users´ preferences. Then, the agents are able to suggest suitable locations for the users to visit. The intention of deploying these agents is to enrich the Co-Space with a variety of interactions tailored to each user´s preferences instead of the same contents for everyone. Besides, our Co-Space also provides an avenue for people from different locations throughout the world to explore the YOV and experience the atmosphere of the sports events in Singapore.