In the IMMEDIATE project, we aim at developing two pilots and two target applications. The first pilot (1) is a a domestic servant, that inhabits a virtual house and is able to move objects around the house and perform simple duties, such as cleaning the house. The second pilot (2) is a virtual sales person, that is able to demonstrate products for sale on demand and may negotiate about particular attributes of the product, such as price and color. As target applications we plan to develop: (1) a cultural heritage application, in particular a virtual environment for material about contemporary art, in which a presentation agent selects material and creates a presentation based on the interests of a user; and (2) a social role playing application, where the user may interact with an agent that may take a particular role. For the social role playing application, we plan to develop a system with which public transport attendants can gain experience with passengers with a variety of attitudes. For example, passengers might be compliant and hand over their ticket, or aggressive and start vandalizing the transport vehicle.