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Sort-of exists: http://www.xbox.com/en-US/games/y/yitm/ and several others. I'm always into stuff like this as I'm in film/tv production...and things like this are a great excuse for, er, not going out of the house, raising real money, hiring real people. But there's a vaaaaast price vs. quality gap. As in, to look convincing you need a greenscreen studio and a team of professional CG technicians to come to your house :-)

you could make a full movie without ever leaving your home.

That is approximately the most depressing idea ever.

Alternatively, very very useful. (I had this idea years ago, in a simpler form.) Imagine it more as a storyboarding utility.

Great idea, I need this software right now. But I think it should be combination of Software, video cameras and green screen. Would pay a good money for that.

There is FOSS with this feature set. See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_video_editing_software#... More specifically see these screen shots of Cinelerra in which it does the described... http://www.heroinewarrior.com/cinelerra_shots.php