An Informed Environment dedicated to the simulation of virtual humans in urban context

In this paper we outline the creation of an informed Environment, dedicated to urban life simulation. We propose methods and tools for creating and pr oviding the information necessary for animating virtual humans in a city us ing an informed Environment. The informed Environment is based on a hierarc hical decomposition of a urban scene into Environment Entities providing ge ometrical information as well us semantic notions, thus allowing a more rea listic simulation of human behaviour in this manner virtual humans can inte grate with a certain kind of urban knowledge.