CHALLENGE
Prospective students usually learn about the campus and its facilities from static brochures or web pages, with no way to ask questions.
COMPLETED PROJECT · ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
YU Campus AI Experience
Not telling — letting them experience it
During admissions season, an AI-powered campus experience running in real time at the YU Immersive Space for prospective students. A student's digital twin answers candidates' questions and takes them on a tour of the campus's 3D model.
APPROACH
We created a digital twin of a Media Center intern student and paired it with an up-to-date campus model captured via XGRIDS scanning; the avatar converses naturally through Convai.
RESULT
At Admissions Advisory Days, candidates chat with the avatar to virtually tour the campus and get instant voice/visual answers to their questions.
VENUE
YU Immersive Space · Yaşar University Media Center
EVENT
Admissions Advisory Days
DIGITAL TWIN
Ege · Public Relations and Advertising student, Media Center intern
TECHNOLOGY
XGRIDS · Gaussian Splat · MetaHuman · Unreal Engine 5.7 · Convai · Claude Code
01 / EXPERIENCE
02 / THE PROJECT
A first for higher education.
A digital twin was created of Ege, a Public Relations and Advertising student interning at Yaşar University's Media Center, and paired with the university's up-to-date 3D campus model. The avatar greets prospective students on the YU Immersive Space screens.
Candidates ask their questions about academics, campus facilities, and career opportunities in a natural conversation, and get instant audio and visual answers.
03 / FOUR KNOWLEDGE BANKS
An avatar that answers with verified information.
KB-01
Academic programs
Department curricula and course content.
KB-02
Career opportunities
Post-graduation career paths and opportunities.
KB-03
Campus facilities
Faculties, laboratories, and what the university has to offer.
KB-04
Scores and rankings
Past years' admission cut-off scores and rankings.
04 / A CAMPUS TOUR WITH THE AVATAR
Walking together while talking.
Whenever a faculty, lab, or any point on campus comes up in conversation, the avatar walks there together with the visitor, continuing to share information along the way.
Artificial intelligence is no longer confined to a screen — it becomes an experience that talks and moves together with you in a physical space.
05 / TECH STACK
01
XGRIDS · Gaussian Splat
An up-to-date, photorealistic 3D scan of the campus.
02
MetaHuman
A digital-twin avatar matching the student's likeness one-to-one.
03
Convai
Natural conversation and voice responses powered by the knowledge banks.
04
Unreal Engine 5.7 · Claude Code
The engine and development workflow that bring it all together in a single real-time experience. The latest Unreal updates from XGRIDS and Convai made this possible at the same performance on existing hardware.