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[[File: | [[File:AiMIRT_LSE_NNY.png|thumb|300px|Mario standing outside [[Peach's Castle]], as seen in the most recent iteration of Mario in Real Time]] | ||
'''Mario in Real Time''' (more commonly known as '''MIRT''') is an interactive system developed by SimGraphics and introduced in 1991,<ref>https://twitter.com/CharlesMartinet/status/1493266234644779012?s=09</ref><ref name=Coyle>{{media link|Coyleinfo1.png}}</ref> and it has since been used by [[Nintendo]] across various promotional events. Thought up by SimGraphics CTO Mike Fusco,<ref name="SIMG"> [https://simg.com/about/ SimGraphics homepage.]</ref><ref name="GWR"> Guinness World Records (December 13, 2018). [https://youtu.be/jGego2-o3u4?t=184 Charles interviewed on GWR podcast]. ''YouTube''. Retrieved February 7, 2023.</ref> MIRT is notable for being [[Charles Martinet]]'s first role as [[Mario]] (prior to his video game debut in ''[[Mario Teaches Typing]]''). The system, based on Fusco's VActor and AI-VActor technology, allows an actor (almost always Martinet), as well as artificial intelligence,<ref name="AI"> [https://simg.com/case-study AI-VActor press release]</ref> to communicate with passersby as Mario, alongside other characters, such as [[Luigi]] and formerly [[Wario]] and [[Donkey Kong]]. | '''Mario in Real Time''' (more commonly known as '''MIRT''') is an interactive system developed by SimGraphics and introduced in 1991,<ref>https://twitter.com/CharlesMartinet/status/1493266234644779012?s=09</ref><ref name=Coyle>{{media link|Coyleinfo1.png}}</ref> and it has since been used by [[Nintendo]] across various promotional events. Thought up by SimGraphics CTO Mike Fusco,<ref name="SIMG"> [https://simg.com/about/ SimGraphics homepage.]</ref><ref name="GWR"> Guinness World Records (December 13, 2018). [https://youtu.be/jGego2-o3u4?t=184 Charles interviewed on GWR podcast]. ''YouTube''. Retrieved February 7, 2023.</ref> MIRT is notable for being [[Charles Martinet]]'s first role as [[Mario]] (prior to his video game debut in ''[[Mario Teaches Typing]]''). The system, based on Fusco's VActor and AI-VActor technology, allows an actor (almost always Martinet), as well as artificial intelligence,<ref name="AI"> [https://simg.com/case-study AI-VActor press release]</ref> to communicate with passersby as Mario, alongside other characters, such as [[Luigi]] and formerly [[Wario]] and [[Donkey Kong]]. | ||
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