Project Number

273

Title

Networked Theater: A Movie Production System Based on a Networked Environment

Description

Proposal for a networked virtual environment that supports movie-like entertainment experiences.

Contact

Kazuhiko Takahashi

Affiliation

ATR Media Integration & Communications Research Laboratories

Address

2-2 Hikaridai Seika-cho Soraku-gun 
Kyoto 619-0288 Japan

E-mail

kylyn@mic.atr.co.jp

WWW

Year

2000

Reference

SIGGRAPH 2000 Conference Abstracts and Applications

Project Details

This presentation proposes a new movie production system that utilizes a virtual environment, a computer network, and the Internet to support the creation, production (editing), and viewing of movie content. 
 
"A motion capture system is connected to a client computer to estimate the performer's movements in real time." The estimated data, in turn, controls a CG character in the virtual environment. At another client computer, a producer creates a movie based on the motion information of the character and the virtual environment. The movie is distributed through the network to unspecified audiences."

Sight

graphics workstation, networked clients, displays

Sound

embedded audio

Touch

optical motion capture system

Smell

Taste

Other

Emergence

1 - Innovation, Custom, Research

Intent

2 - Technique (paradigm, human)

Primary

205 - tangible / gesture interface

Secondary

208 - animation

Remarks

Implementation details undocumented.

 


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