Abstract
One of the fastest developing areas in the entertainment industry is digital animation.
Television programmes and movies frequently use 3D animations to enhance or replace
actors and scenery. With the increase in computing power, research is also being done
to apply these animations in an interactive manner. Two of the biggest obstacles to the
success of these undertakings are control (manipulating the models) and realism. This
text describes many of the ways to improve control and realism aspects, in such a way
that interactive animation becomes possible. Specifically, lip-synchronisation (driven
by human speech), and various modeling and rendering techniques are discussed. A
prototype that shows that interactive animation is feasible, is also described.
Mr. A. Hardy
Prof. S. von Solms