Alexander Hornung, Gerhard Lakemeyer, Georg Trogemann
An Autonomous Real-Time Camera Agent for Interactive Narratives and Games
Abstract: Virtual reality environments provide the possibility to create interactive stories
with the audience being an active part of the narrative. This paper presents our work on
transferring cinematographic knowledge with respect to dramaturgical means of expressions of
cameras to the omain of interactive narratives.Based on this formalisation we develope an
autonomous real-time camera agent implementing this cinematographic knowledge with the goal
of incorporating the camera as an active part into the storytelling process.The system was
integrated into an interactive narrative environment to demonstrate the practicality of the system.