Integrating Computer Animation and Multimedia

摘要

Multimedia provides an immensely powerful tool for the dissemination of both information and entertainment. Current multimedia presentations consist of synchronised excerpts of media (such as sound, video & text) which are coordinated by an author to ensure a clear narrative is presented to the audience. However, each of the segments of the presentation con- sist of previously recorded footage, only the timing and synchronisation are dynamically constructed. The next logical advance for such systems is therefore to include the capability of generating material 'on-the-fly' in response to the actions of the audience. This paper describes a mechanism for using computer animation to generate this interactive material.