NEXUS : Mixed Reality Experiments with Embodied Intentional Agents

This paper seeks to erode the traditional boundaries that exist between
the physical and the virtual world. It explores mixed reality experiences and the
deployment of situated embodied agents that offer mediation in the control of, and
interaction between, avatars. The NEXUS system is introduced which facilitates
the construction and experimentation with mixed reality multi-character scenarios.
The behaviour of such characters or avatars is governed by a BDI agent
architecture that can effectively sense both the real and the virtual world overlay.
Within this paper we describe the NEXUS infrastructure together with the
technology set that envelops it. We outline the design and results from a series of
mixed reality experiments that have been conducted using the NEXUS system.