Title :
Creating broadcast interactive drama in an NVE
Author :
Flerackers, Chris ; Earnshaw, Rae ; Vansichem, Gert ; Van Reeth, Frank ; Alsema, Frank
Author_Institution :
Androme, Belgium
Abstract :
By exploiting a networked virtual environment architecture, we produced the gaming part of an interactive television drama series, TypoToons. For decades TV show makers have been inventing tools and tricks to enhance the stories they tell. Equivalents of, and additions to these conventional tricks in interactive media can only mature an interactive television if multidisciplinary teams can obtain hands on experience of these newly emerging worlds. The production team for TypoToons and the interactively participating audience provided an excellent opportunity to develop such a team
Keywords :
Internet; entertainment; interactive television; virtual reality; broadcast interactive drama; interactive television drama series; interactively participating audience; multidisciplinary teams; networked virtual environment architecture; Animation; Avatars; Graphics; Image generation; Image sequences; Local area networks; Personnel; TCPIP; TV broadcasting; Virtual environment;
Journal_Title :
Computer Graphics and Applications, IEEE
