3D Navigable Interface for Interactive Movie Gormenghast Explore

This paper discusses the multi-media 3D interface for Gormenghast Explore (EU Framework 6 1ST Integrated Research Project NM2, "New Media for the New Millennium"), an interactive small-screen movie, enabling the viewer to reconfigure personalised video sequences in real-time. From conceptual framework design to establishing delivery platform architecture, this paper describes the process of developing a 3D interactive interface for reconfigurable drama by creating a digital environment which responds to the spatially organised esthetic of the source material and permits the interactor to communicate with the NM2 authoring tools through navigation and exploration