Claudio Pinhanez

Title	Computer Theater
Author	Claudio Pinhanez
Abstract	The basic argument of this paper is that until recently theatrical performances involving human and computer actors were not possible due to the lack of appropriate computational models for action representation, recognition, and generation. This paper surveys and classifies some recent experiments in computerized performances, and uses this classification as a framework to establish the importance of action as a foundation of computer theater. It also argues that computer theater has many characteristics which qualify it as a good domain for AI and computer vision research on action. Finally, an example of a script for a computer theater performance is provided and analyzed in terms of scientific and technological challenges.
Venue	Proc. of the International Symposium of Electronic Arts (ISEA'97) Chicago, Illinois, September 1997
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