Keynote Speaker: Ken Perlin,
NYU Media Research Lab
Title: "The Illusion of Life, Revisited"
Abstract
Many years ago Walt Disney spoke of the quest to create the "Illusion
of Life". In fact in every era
of human history, this quest has evolved new kinds of literacy, from the first
cave paintings to the written word, music, drama, cinema, animation and beyond. Recently it has become possible to create this
illusion interactively. But what
makes for an effective experience, once an audience can respond back?
What makes us care about an interactive character? We will
show some recently developed techniques for breathing life into interactive characters. These techniques may point the way to a new era
where cinema intersects with interactive narrative and on-line community.