SYSTEM, METHOD AND SOFTWARE FOR PRODUCING VIRTUAL THREE DIMENSIONAL AVATARS THAT ACTIVELY RESPOND TO AUDIO SIGNALS WHILE APPEARING TO PROJECT FORWARD OF OR ABOVE AN ELECTRONIC DISPLAY

摘要

A system and method of providing a virtual avatar (16) to accompany audio signals being broadcast from an electronic device (10) that has a display screen (12). A virtual avatar model (20) is created and altered in real time in response to audio signals being broadcast from the electronic device (10). A 3D stereoscopic video file (15) is created using the virtual avatar model (20) while the virtual avatar model (20) is responding to the audio signals. The 3D video file (15) is played on the display screen (12). When viewed, the 3D video file (15) shows an avatar (16) that appears, at least in part, to a viewer to be three-dimensional. The result is a three-dimensional avatar (16) that appears to extend out of a display screen (12), wherein movements of the avatar (16) are synchronized to audio signals that are being broadcast.