AT A GLANCE

PART MUD/MOO ENVIRONMENT, but one THAT INTERFACES TO A JAVA-BASED MULTI-AGENT SYSTEM.

Figure 1: Example shot of MOO interface to agent system

• Engage in real-time agent-based communication, exchange, and combat
• Receive automated reccommendations about what data to view
• Do collaborative Web-browsing with other agents
• Have typed text and referenced URLs translated on the fly
• Quest to gain skills in valuable tongues and tactics
• Acquire experience to gain power and privilege in the system
• Maintain a psychological steady-state in effort to keep the agent system from becoming dysfunctional

PART VINTAGE COIN-OP KNOCK-OFF but WITH GAME PLAY HOOKED INTO AGENT RUNTIME PROCESSES for data access, management, and manipulation. Think of it as a kind of alternative browser.

Figure 2: Example shot of BattleZone interface to agent system

• Observe networked agent activity visualized as a classic arcade-style game
• Retrieve data ingested into the agent system hitting it with special bullets
• Remove linked data by repeatedly shooting it until it explodes
• Try new games from the MAM Arcade Browser Pack as they become available
• Maneuver the ship to access, avoid, seek or destroy things like newly formed knowledge agents, monitor agents, search processes, and random seekers

PART PEER-TO-PEER FILE SHARING FRAMEWORK that collapses client/server hierarchies by making you function as both.

Figure 3: Example shot of dialog for linking local data to agent system

• No central server required, just an IP address
• Automated context-sensitive information discovery and ingest
• Anything can be shared from one's local hard disk (text, image, sound, video, applications, etc.), provided it's retrievable in a browser

Please realize that this represents an extremely partial and superficial overview of some of the main components of the system, and the ideas behind them. To delve deeper, take some time to explore the portal links, activate an agent, and take a careful look at the phat-client tutorial and the MOO-based combat system which interfaces to the agents.