<s>
Virtual	B-General_Concept
intelligence	I-General_Concept
(	O
VI	O
)	O
is	O
the	O
term	O
given	O
to	O
artificial	B-Application
intelligence	I-Application
that	O
exists	O
within	O
a	O
virtual	B-Application
world	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Many	O
virtual	B-Application
worlds	I-Application
have	O
options	O
for	O
persistent	O
avatars	B-Application
that	O
provide	O
information	O
,	O
training	O
,	O
role	O
playing	O
,	O
and	O
social	O
interactions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
immersion	O
of	O
virtual	B-Application
worlds	I-Application
provides	O
a	O
unique	O
platform	O
for	O
VI	O
beyond	O
the	O
traditional	O
paradigm	O
of	O
past	O
user	B-Application
interfaces	I-Application
(	O
UIs	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
today	O
's	O
VI	O
bots	B-Protocol
,	O
virtual	B-General_Concept
intelligence	I-General_Concept
has	O
evolved	O
past	O
the	O
constraints	O
of	O
past	O
testing	O
into	O
a	O
new	O
level	O
of	O
the	O
machine	O
's	O
ability	O
to	O
demonstrate	O
intelligence	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
immersive	O
features	O
of	O
these	O
environments	O
provide	O
non	O
verbal	O
elements	O
that	O
affect	O
the	O
realism	O
provided	O
by	O
virtually	O
intelligent	B-General_Concept
agents	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
Virtual	B-General_Concept
intelligence	I-General_Concept
is	O
the	O
intersection	O
of	O
these	O
two	O
technologies	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Virtual	B-Application
environments	I-Application
:	O
Immersive	O
3D	O
spaces	O
provide	O
for	O
collaboration	O
,	O
simulations	O
,	O
and	O
role	O
playing	O
interactions	O
for	O
training	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Many	O
of	O
these	O
virtual	B-Application
environments	I-Application
are	O
currently	O
being	O
used	O
for	O
government	O
and	O
academic	O
projects	O
,	O
including	O
Second	B-Application
Life	I-Application
,	O
VastPark	O
,	O
Olive	O
,	O
OpenSim	B-Protocol
,	O
Outerra	O
,	O
Oracle	B-Application
's	O
Open	B-Application
Wonderland	I-Application
,	O
Duke	O
University	O
's	O
Open	B-Protocol
Cobalt	I-Protocol
,	O
and	O
many	O
others	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
of	O
the	O
commercial	O
virtual	B-Application
worlds	I-Application
are	O
also	O
taking	O
this	O
technology	O
into	O
new	O
directions	O
,	O
including	O
the	O
high	O
definition	O
virtual	B-Application
world	I-Application
Blue	B-Application
Mars	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Artificial	B-Application
Intelligence	I-Application
(	O
also	O
known	O
as	O
AI	B-Application
)	O
,	O
was	O
made	O
to	O
mimic	O
how	O
a	O
human	O
acts	O
and	O
human	O
intelligence	O
while	O
being	O
man	O
made	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
virtual	B-Application
environments	I-Application
provide	O
non-verbals	O
and	O
visual	O
cues	O
that	O
can	O
affect	O
not	O
only	O
the	O
believability	O
of	O
the	O
VI	O
,	O
but	O
also	O
the	O
usefulness	O
of	O
it	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Virtual	B-General_Concept
Intelligence	I-General_Concept
draws	O
a	O
new	O
distinction	O
as	O
to	O
how	O
this	O
application	O
of	O
AI	B-Application
is	O
different	O
due	O
to	O
the	O
environment	O
in	O
which	O
it	O
operates	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MyCyber	O
Twin	O
:	O
NASA	O
is	O
among	O
the	O
companies	O
that	O
have	O
used	O
the	O
MyCyber	O
Twin	O
AI	B-Application
technologies	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
used	O
it	O
for	O
the	O
Phoenix	O
rover	O
in	O
the	O
virtual	B-Application
world	I-Application
Second	B-Application
Life	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Bots	B-Protocol
are	O
programmed	O
to	O
response	O
to	O
the	O
nurse	O
's	O
actions	O
as	O
the	O
patient	O
with	O
their	O
conditions	O
improving	O
if	O
the	O
nurse	O
performs	O
the	O
correct	O
actions	O
.	O
</s>
