Interactive video compositing, or IVC, is an

interactive media Interactive media normally refers to products and services on digital computer-based systems which respond to the user's actions by presenting content such as text, moving image, animation, video and audio. Since its early conception, variou ...

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 (typi ...

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

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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, 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

* '' The 7th Guest'' * ''

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'' * ''

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References

External links

Concept development *

Weblog on video-compositing (logiciels et matériels)

Websites

Soundcircus - self-promotion

Intel - Meintru3d

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