Hypertext and the Art of Interactive Narrative

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Hypertext and the Art of Interactive Narrative
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The Holodeck
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• Towards The Holodeck The Dangers of the Virtual
• Aldous Huxley - Brave New World (1932)
• Ray Bradbury - Fahrenheit 451 (1953)
• William Gibson - Neuromancer (1983)

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• The Emergence of non Linear Narrative
• Film and Literature
• Jorge Luis Borges - The Garden of Forking
  Paths (1941)
• Einsteins Dreams - Alan Lightman (1993)
• Groundhog Day - Harold Ramis (1983)
• Milorad Pavic's - Dictionary of the Khazars'
  (1988)
• Italo Calvino - If On A Winters Night a
  Traveller
• (1979)
• Comic Books - Elseworlds
• Role Playing

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• Emerging Non-Linear and Virtual Experiences
• Imax
• Film Rides and Simulators
• Games
• Hypertext
• Michael Joyces - Afternoon (1987)
• Avatars - Mitsubishi Electronics - Diamond
  Park
• VR - Placeholder, ALIVE
• OZ Groups - Deadline

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Diamond Park
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ALIVE
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• The Evolving Viewer/User
• Douglas Rushkoff Children of Chaos
• The Multi-Tasking Broader Attention Range
• Extensions of Televisual narrative
• Frank Rickett - Technologies are generally
  market driven, they do not simply emerge, people
  want something better, more real
• Brecht - The Alienation Effect
• Nicholas Negroponte - the merger of the TV, Phone
  and Computer

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• The Computers attributes for creating non-linear
  narratives
• Procedural
• ELIZA (Joseph Weizenbaum)- Natural Language
  Programming
• Patient Well my boyfriend made me come here
• Eliza Your boyfriend made you come here?
• Patient He says I'm depressed much of the time
• Eliza I'm sorry to hear you are depressed
• Patient It's true I'm unhappy
• Eliza Do you think coming here will help make
  you less unhappy?

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• The Computers attributes for creating non-linear
  
• Narratives
• Participatory
• ZORK
• Object Orientated Programming
• User role Definition for added immersion
• The Idea of Space
• XEROX Graphical User Interfaces
• Atari
• Navigation
• Encyclopaedic
• Data Storage Capability
• Scope for endless stories

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• What can we learn from current multi- narrative
  projects?
• Video Art -
• Stan Douglas
• Andy Warhol
• Steve Mcqueen
• Nam June Paik

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• Chris Hales - The Twelve Loveliest Things I
  Know
• (1996)
• Limited tree based structure
• Lack of interactivity
• Pre-recorded Video Sequences

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• VOYA
• The user takes on a role in the narrative
• The limited narrative direction is disguised
• The tree based story structure can branch back on
  itself more like a web
• User experience is ultimately too limited
• Video becomes too cumbersome

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VOYA
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VOYA
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VOYA
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• Technological Research and Development
• Kevin Brooks - Agent Story Tellers
• Not enticing
• Video Based
• Interactive TV
• Mainly commercial exploitation
• Playstation/Gamecube
• Avatars
• Where I Can - dislocated interaction
• Avatar Farm
• VR
• Cybersphere

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Cybersphere
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Cybersphere
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• Games
• Dual Game - Streetfighter
• Quest Game - Alone in the Dark
• Apocalypse Game - Sonic
• Shoot Em Up - Quake
• God Game - Sim City, The Sims, Civilisation.

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• The Sims of The Future
• 100 realistic 3D graphics for both game and
  avatar characters
• Cybersphere inspired VR interaction system along
  with multiple sensors for body interaction
• Highly Developed Natural Language software
• Highly detailed programmed virtual characters
  allowing for broader virtual experience

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The Sims