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Reno second-graders get visit from SyberSanta - a real-time animated cartoon that converses

Second graders at Rollan Melton Elementary School in Reno got a personal visit this holiday season, from “SyberSanta,” a 3D animated cartoon character who can interact with them from Cyberspace. He was presented by Gary Jesch, a pioneering performance animation artist whose studio, CHOPS & Assoc. Live Animation, is located in Carson City, NV.

“SyberSanta” is brought to life on Jesch’s “Digital Puppeteer” animation system, and was seen by the second graders on the CHOPS’ Bubble Screen, a round rear-projection display system. He was created about two years ago, but has never been presented to the children in public before. The Digital Puppeteer system was invented and built by Jesch in 1995 as a way to bring 3D characters to life for corporate meetings, special events and tradeshow appearances.

“At the school, we made a short presentation first, then gave the children time to talk with SyberSanta. Finally, at the end, we showed them how the animation was done in real time and pulled back the curtain, like the Wizard of Oz, revealing me in my control booth,” Jesch explains. He created “SyberSanta” to attract corporate customers to his unique shows, which he takes to countries all around the world.

“SyberSanta is my version of an image that has received treatments by many artists for many reasons – everything from selling Coca Cola to funny greeting cards, and more. I wanted him to be something that modern kids relate to, just a little better, because they are growing up with video images all around them – in TV, movies, computer games, and now even on cell phones. SyberSanta is a natural evolution – they can interact with him, while he is in Cyberspace, send him email and visit his website,” Jesch said.

About CHOPS & Assoc. Live Animation: Gary Jesch is a pioneer in Performance Animation, and built his first Digital Puppeteer ™ Animation system using a Pentium computer in 1995. The first character he created was Virtual Mark Twain in 1993, and his most famous is CHOPS, the Cyber Human on a Performance System, which has been seen by more than 1 million people, mostly attendees of tradeshows and corporate meetings in the US and abroad.