Eric Singer, Sabrina Liao and Clilly Castiglia from New York University - Talk and Demo
A discussion of the research and projects being done at the NYU Media Research Laboratory (MRL) and Center for Advanced Technology (CAT). They will talk about and show video from the MRL's installation at SIGGRAPH '96, featuring Botanica Virtual, a virtual spirit world, and Aria, an interactive opera singer. They will also discuss their current work in creating Interactive Virtual Musicians, artificially intelligent animated characters that play and respond to music.