Animating microworlds from scripts and relational constraints

This paper discusses a method for producing computer-generated microworlds populated by synthetic actors, using an expert system to interpret a script from known and inferred relational constraints. To generate an animated scene, the interactive user specifies a simplified script and a set of relational constraint rules. From these, the movements of the figures are generated automatically. The relationship between this work and that of other projects in figure animation is characterized, and the mechanism of the expert system is demonstrated with the aid of an example.

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