Building virtual actors who can really act

Ken Perlin

doi:10.1007/978-3-540-40014-1_17

Building virtual actors who can really act

Ken Perlin

Computer Science

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When we think of "acting" in computer games, we tend to use a lower standard than the way we think of acting in live action films or theatre. Why is acting in computer games so bad? This is an important question because we will only be able to develop compute games into a more psychologically mature narrative medium when we can imbue them with actors that audiences can believe in. In this paper we present an approach to virtual actors in games that we believe will make it easier for audiences to willingly suspend their disbelief.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Editors	Olivier Balet, Gérard Subsol, Patrice Torguet
Publisher	Springer Verlag
Pages	127-134
Number of pages	8
ISBN (Electronic)	3540205357, 9783540205357
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-40014-1_17
State	Published - 2003

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Name	Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume	2897
ISSN (Print)	0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)	1611-3349

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Theoretical Computer Science
General Computer Science

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Perlin, K. (2003). Building virtual actors who can really act. In O. Balet, G. Subsol, & P. Torguet (Eds.), Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics) (pp. 127-134). (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); Vol. 2897). Springer Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-40014-1_17

Building virtual actors who can really act. / Perlin, Ken.
Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics). ed. / Olivier Balet; Gérard Subsol; Patrice Torguet. Springer Verlag, 2003. p. 127-134 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); Vol. 2897).

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Perlin, K 2003, Building virtual actors who can really act. in O Balet, G Subsol & P Torguet (eds), Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics). Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics), vol. 2897, Springer Verlag, pp. 127-134. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-40014-1_17

Perlin K. Building virtual actors who can really act. In Balet O, Subsol G, Torguet P, editors, Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics). Springer Verlag. 2003. p. 127-134. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)). doi: 10.1007/978-3-540-40014-1_17

Perlin, Ken. / Building virtual actors who can really act. Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics). editor / Olivier Balet ; Gérard Subsol ; Patrice Torguet. Springer Verlag, 2003. pp. 127-134 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)).

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