BAWES Universe
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The facts
Each one read from BAWES Universe's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- AI residents
- Bots can walk the map, greet people, retain per-person conversation memory, track emotion, and read PDFs, Word documents, spreadsheets, and web pages.checked 7 Oct 2026
- API
- The developer hub describes a REST Admin API for programmatic platform management, automation, and integration.checked 7 Oct 2026
- API and SSO
- The platform lists a REST Admin API and OpenID Connect single sign-on with identity providers.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Audience
- The maker presents use cases for personal spaces, work teams, communities, learning, events, commerce, and markets.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Customization
- Users can edit maps live, use templates or Tiled maps, and define zones with more than 18 behaviors.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Identity
- BAWES supports OpenID Connect with Google, GitHub, Microsoft, or a custom OIDC provider, plus role mapping and PKCE.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- Bots connect to tools, APIs, and data sources through MCP; the site gives calendars and ticketing systems as examples.checked 7 Oct 2026
- MCP authentication
- The MCP integration page lists no authentication, bearer token, and API key options, with credentials stored encrypted.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Model providers
- The product page lists OpenAI, Anthropic, and local models among configurable AI providers.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Open source
- The Developer Hub describes the project as MIT licensed and says it has more than 80 repositories.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Product
- BAWES Universe is a browser-based shared digital space where people and AI residents meet, communicate, and build rooms.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Proximity communication
- Audio and video activate when people get close and fade as they move away; meeting rooms turn the whole room into a call.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- BAWES Universe is a shared digital space where people and AI residents meet, communicate, and build together.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Room editing
- Users can edit rooms live, use templates or Tiled maps, and configure zones with 18 or more behaviors.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Security
- The self-hosting page says data is encrypted at rest and in transit and remains on the operator's infrastructure.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Self-hosted data
- The self-hosting page says users’ data stays on their infrastructure and is encrypted at rest and in transit.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Self-hosting
- The complete stack can be deployed on the customer’s infrastructure with Docker or Kubernetes, with custom domain and branding.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Support
- The About page directs users to contact BAWES for support, partnerships, or inquiries.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Use cases
- The site presents personal, work, community, learning, events, commerce, and market uses for the platform.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Voice and meetings
- Proximity voice uses spatial audio and distance attenuation, with optional push-to-talk; meeting rooms support video and screen sharing.checked 7 Oct 2026
Where it runs
- Browser access
- The site says Universe works in a browser with no download, installation, or account required to start.checked 7 Oct 2026
The company
- Maker
- BAWES says Universe is built by a distributed team of engineers, designers, and dreamers.checked 7 Oct 2026
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