JamSession: a decentralised architecture for specialised virtual worlds and the Web 3.0

• Grant number: 08/53977-3
• Support Opportunities: Regular Research Grants
• Start date: November 01, 2008
• End date: July 31, 2011
• Field of knowledge: Physical Sciences and Mathematics - Computer Science - Computing Methodologies and Techniques
• Agreement: Microsoft Research
• Principal Investigator: Flávio Soares Corrêa da Silva
• Grantee: Flávio Soares Corrêa da Silva
• Host Institution: Instituto de Matemática e Estatística (IME). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil

Abstract

The technical goal of the project is the development of an architecture to build lightweight, specialised, decentralised virtual worlds. The design and implementation of specific worlds shall be based on specifications using a high level formal language, so that these activities become user friendly as well as formally verifiable. In order to illustrate, it will be develop some representative applications of this architecture. The broader ambition of the project is to enable entrepreneurs to build business initiatives based on virtual worlds using the JamSession architecture, based on minimised investments. (AU)