Architecture of Agent Platform (SPACE)

The SPACE Agent Platform is the architecture behind a virtual agent that carries out automated tasks for a user and is capable of socially and emotionally interacting with people or other agents in a virtual world. The SPACE agent can carry out the same data-finding and automated tasks as current agents and it is capable of bringing social interactions with users and automatic virtual agents to an entirely new level. These agents are designed to act within a common environment provided by an environment server; this provides the automatic agents a shared context with one another and with any human users in the virtual world. The agents create emotional responses that enhance interactions with both users and other agents. These capabilities can greatly improve automated customer service, educational programs, online and offline video gameplay, and many other situations involving agents and automated characters.