1. Apparatus for producing and displaying randomly-accessible animated objects having synchronized audio and visual features, said apparatus comprising: a program-controlled microprocessor; integrator means, coupled to the microprocessor, for producing signals representing encoded elements of sound and encoded elements of constituent object parts in response to command signals from the microprocessor; sound emitting means, coupled to the microprocessor and to the integrator means for producing sound in response to the signals representing encoded elements of sound; and display means coupled to the microprocessor, to the integrator means and sound emitting means for producing visual images of the animated objects in response to the signals representing encoded elements of constituent object parts, the visual images of the animated objects being synchronized with the sound.
1. Apparatus for producing and displaying randomly-accessible animated objects having synchronized audio and visual features, said apparatus comprising: a program-controlled microprocessor; integrator means, coupled to the microprocessor, for producing signals representing encoded elements of sound and encoded elements of constituent object parts in response to command signals from the microprocessor; sound emitting means, coupled to the microprocessor and to the integrator means for producing sound in response to the signals representing encoded elements of sound; and display means coupled to the microprocessor, to the integrator means and sound emitting means for producing visual images of the animated objects in response to the signals representing encoded elements of constituent object parts, the visual images of the animated objects being synchronized with the sound. 7. Apparatus as in claim 1 further comprising random access memory means for storing data representing said elements of sound, for storing data representing behavior traits associated with said elements of sound and for storing data representing visual images of said constituent object parts, the microprocessor and the display means responsive to said signals to access said data for generating anthropomorphic objects having behavior traits associated with said elements of sound.