The world of Virtual Environments and Immersive
Technologies (Sutherland, 1965) (Kalawsky, 1993)
are evolving quite rapidly. As the range and complexity
of applications increases, so does the requirement
for intelligent interaction. The now relatively simple
environments of the OZ project (Bates, Loyall & Reilly,
1992) have been superseded by Virtual Theatres (Doyle
& Hayes-Roth, 1997) (Giannachi, 2004), Tactical Combat
Air (Jones, Tambe, Laird & Rosenbloom, 1993)
training prototypes and Air Flight Control Simulators
(Wangermann & Stengel, 1998).
This article presents a brief summary of present
and future technologies and emerging applications
that require the use of AI expertise in the area of
immersive technologies and virtual environments.
The applications are placed within a context of prior
research projects.