The City of Uruk Prototype

The prototype illustrates the use 3D Virtual Worlds and Artificial Intelligence in the domain of Cultural Heritage.The aim of the project is to recreate the ancient city of Uruk from the period around 3000 B.C. in the Virtual World of Second Life letting history students experience how it looked like and how its citizens behaved in the past. The prototype currently features 4 autonomous agents re-enacting the daily life cycle of 2 fisherman families. The recreation of the city and agent behaviors are being modeled under supervision of subject matter experts and based on the results of archaeological excavations and available historical data.

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• 3D Virtual Worlds
• Artificial Intelligence
• AI
• Agents
• Multiagent System
• Cultural Heritage
• Second Life

[YahSedQanu]

if this is 3000 BCE then where are all the darkskinned people in this "recreation" surely whe all know as fact that in these days Cushites were living there mainly.... the Sumerians, after all, called themselves the blackheads! I believe this is just another example of eurocentrism.

[ozzeuk]

@YahSedQanu. I'm just a computer scientist and followed the advice from the subject matter experts when I designed the avatars. One of the fishermen is darkskinned. I was told that there is no evidence suggesting that all of them must have dark skin.

[classlucas]

I could not find the religious complex. They are really the heart of the city?

[ozzeuk]

There is a Ziggurat visible on the background while the agents are chatting.

[AlphaSigma10]

is it just my screen? -but most of the footage is to dark to see

[ozzeuk]

Looks fine on mine, but maybe my screen is too bright. Does anybody else have this problem?

[SailorBarsoom]

A noble effort. Best of luck as you continue.