Virtual Storytelling Using Virtual Reality Technologies for Storytelling : International Conference ICVS 2001 Avignon France September 27–28 2001 Proceedings This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the first International Conference on Virtual Storytelling ICVS 2001 held in Avignon France in September 2001. The 20 revised full papers presented together with four invited papers were carefully reviewed and selected for inclusion in the proceedings. The book offers topical sections on new techniques authoring tools a new form of narration virtual characters and applications