Improv: Interactive Improvisational Animation and Music

Improv is a system for the creation of real-time behavior-based animated actors. There have been several recent efforts to build network distributed autonomous agents, but in general, these efforts do not focus on the author’s view. To create rich interactive worlds inhabited by believable animated actors, authors need the proper tools. Improv provides tools to create actors that respond to users and to each other in real-time with personalities and moods consistent with the author’s goals and intentions.