SL Shakespeare Company: Winter 2007 Campaign

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Dedicated Bot Server: For our fullscale live plays in 2008ff, we would need a dedicated server to run the bots on the main venue in the 4-sim corner of sLiterary and in other sims. Without further funding, we would likely be stuck with a guerilla-style setup, where staff volunteers use their own computers and shared connections to run bots.

Advance Bot AI: Our bots can be made more intelligent to respond to stimuli, such as flinching or freezing when an audience member shoots peanuts. Your sponsorship would enable more luxury details like this to be implemented.

Advanced Technologies (cont’d)

Did we say Bots?

Although, bots are often taken to be short for “robots,’ for our live show, we will actually be using another type of bot that is more like a puppet controlled by an actual live actor or technician. These bots are avatars controlled by another avatar, and immediate benefits include the safety of continuing a play even if an actor crashes and precision in movement. Bots can also be made to possess a degree of AI, for example, to react instantaneously when an object hits them.