"/f//": A theater play featuring an autonomous computer graphics character

  • Claudio S. Pinhanez
  • , Aaron F. Bobick

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Abstract

"It/I" IS a two-character theater play where the human character I IS taunted and played by an autonomous computer-graphics character It. We be have that "It/I" IS the first play ever produced involving a character reactively controlled by a computer. Autonomous characters can bring a new dimension to the theater experience by enabling the audience to go up on stage after the performance and interact directly with the characters, re-enacting the story of the play. This paper reports the experience and examines technical developments needed for the successful production of "It/I". In particular we describe the interval script paradigm used to program the CG-character, the proposed SCD-architecture for story-based interactive systems, and the ACTSCRIF-T language for communication of actions and goals.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the 6th ACM International Conference on Multimedia
Subtitle of host publicationTechnologies for Interactive Movies, MULTIMEDIA 1998
PublisherAssociation for Computing Machinery, Inc
Pages22-29
Number of pages8
ISBN (Electronic)1581131623, 9781581131628
DOIs
StatePublished - Sep 1 1998
Event6th ACM International Conference on Multimedia: Technologies for Interactive Movies, MULTIMEDIA 1998 - Bristol, United Kingdom
Duration: Sep 13 1998Sep 16 1998

Publication series

NameProceedings of the 6th ACM International Conference on Multimedia: Technologies for Interactive Movies, MULTIMEDIA 1998

Conference

Conference6th ACM International Conference on Multimedia: Technologies for Interactive Movies, MULTIMEDIA 1998
Country/TerritoryUnited Kingdom
CityBristol
Period09/13/9809/16/98

Keywords

  • Computer theater
  • Computer vision
  • Interactive movies
  • Interactive spaces
  • Scripting interaction
  • Synthetic characters

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