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Virtual Storytelling Using Virtual Reality Technologies for Storytelling (ICVS 2001)

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This paper presents VISIONS, an innovative software product using the latest Virtual Reality technologies for the virtual prototyping and authoring of various forms of stories. VISIONS is developed in the frame of an IST project funded jointly by the European Commission Fifth Framework RTD Programme and the VISIONS consortium.

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. CS SI, Virtual Reality Department, ZAC de la Grande Plaine, rue Brindejonc des Moulinais, 31500, Toulouse, France

    Olivier Balet

  2. HD Thames, 199 Piccadilly, W1V 9LE, London, UK

    Paul Kafno

  3. ZVisuel, Avenue du Léman 40, CH-1005, Lausanne

    Fred Jordan

  4. Anthropics Technology Ltd, Ealing Studios, Ealing, London, W5 5EP, UK

    Tony Polichroniadis

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Editors and Affiliations

  1. Virtual Reality Department, CS SI, ZAC de la Grande Plaine, rue Brindejonc des Moulinais, 31029, Toulouse, France

    Olivier Balet

  2. Laboratoire d’Informatique, Université d’Avignon, 339, chemin des Meinajariès, 84911, Avignon Cedex, France

    Gérard Subsol

  3. IRIT, Université Paul Sabatier, 118, route de Narbonne, 31062, Toulouse Cedex 4, France

    Patrice Torguet

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Balet, O., Kafno, P., Jordan, F., Polichroniadis, T. (2001). The VISIONS Project. In: Balet, O., Subsol, G., Torguet, P. (eds) Virtual Storytelling Using Virtual Reality Technologies for Storytelling. ICVS 2001. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 2197. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-45420-9_4

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