Interactive video compositing, or IVC, is an

interactive media Interactive media refers to digital experiences that dynamically respond to user input, delivering content such as Text (literary theory), text, images, animations, video, Sound, audio, and even Artificial intelligence, AI-driven interactions. O ...

production technique that uses

pre-rendered Pre-rendering is the process in which video footage is not rendered in real-time by the hardware that is outputting or playing back the video. Instead, the video is a recording of footage that was previously rendered on different equipment (typ ...

videos and images to create visual coherence, allowing interactive environments to be created without the heavy processing load incurred by real-time 3D graphics. The most popular examples of IVC are in

video games A video game or computer game is an electronic game that involves interaction with a user interface or input device (such as a joystick, game controller, controller, computer keyboard, keyboard, or motion sensing device) to generate visual fe ...

using the technique prior to the propagation of real-time 3D graphics. On the

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, some websites (generally in

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) make use of this technique for visual rendering with other effects. The differences with interactive video

compositing Compositing is the process or technique of combining visual elements from separate sources into single images, often to create the illusion that all those elements are parts of the same scene. Live action, Live-action shooting for compositing ...

, as opposed to real-time graphics, lies in the finality of the product. IVC is used with the goal of creating an enriched interactive experience from a product's constituent media in a simple manner.

Notable video games using IVC

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The 7th Guest ''The 7th Guest'' is an interactive movie puzzle adventure game, produced by Trilobyte and originally released by Virgin Interactive Entertainment in April 1993. It is one of the first computer video games to initially be released only on CD-R ...

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Myst ''Myst'' is a 1993 adventure video game developed by Cyan and published by Broderbund for Mac OS. In the game, the player travels via a special book to a mysterious island called Myst. The player interacts with objects and traverses the ...

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References

External links

Concept development *

Weblog on video-compositing (logiciels et matériels)

Websites

Soundcircus - self-promotion

Intel - Meintru3d

ComCast Town - self-promotion {{Tech-stub Visual effects Mixed reality