TABLE OF CONTENTS


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ACKNOWLED G1VENT S .............. ............iv.. .......... ....


LIST OF FIGURES ............... ............vii. .......... ....


AB STRAC T ......__.............. ............viii......


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1 INTRODUCTION ............... ...........1...................


 1.1 Motivation ............... ...........1.............. ...
 1.2 Challenges ............... ...........4.............. ....
 1.3 Project Goals ............... ...........4.............. ....
 1.4 Organization of Thesis ............... ..............................4
 1.5 Thesis Statement ............... ............5... ......... ...
 1.6 Approach ............... ............5... ......... ....


2 PREVIOUS WORKS ............... ............7... ......... ....


 2. 1 Distributed Performance ............... .............................7
 2.2 Virtual Reality ................. ...........8.............. ....
 2.3 Digital Characters and Avatars ............... ......... ...............10O


3 APPLICATION ............... ...........13...................


 3.1 Scene Design and Experience Development ............... ................ 13
 3.2 Tracking the Actors ............... ............15.. .......... ...
 3.3 Putting It All Together ................. ...........17.................
 3.4 Final Software and Hardware Setup ............... .....................18


4 RESULTS ............... ............22.. ...............


 4.1 Description of Studies ............... ..............................22
 4.2 Reaction from Actors ............... ............23.. ..............
 4.3 Results. .......... .... ... .. .. ....... .... ....... ... ...........2
 4.3.1 Virtual Reality Used for Successful Rehearsals .............. ... .........24
 4.3.2 Lack of Presence Distracted the Actors ............... ............... .26