An Agent-Based Approach for Constructing Software Systems of Virtual Simulation

The design and construction of virtual reality environments involve technologies such ascomputer graphics, image processing, pattern recognition, intelligent interface, artificialintelligence, voice recognition, network, parallel processing, and high-performance computing.Some researchers insist that object-oriented and agent-oriented technologies are fundamental forvirtual reality system design. This paper applies artificial intelligence to the design of virtualreality systems. Agents are constructed by using object-oriented methods and a set of underlyingcomputing models, such as neural networks, genetic algorithms, expert systems, and planmanagers. Some object-oriented frameworks of these computing models are presented toillustrate this approach. The example of a spaceship game will illustrate interactions amongenvironments, agents, and underlying computing models. The approach and reusable class librarypresented herein can be applied to various virtual reality environment simulations and intelligentapplications.