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1. Notes on Write-UpsDue before class begins, accepted up to 1 week late.Separate the three sectionsSummarySomething learnedSomething did not understand or disagree withSummary does not have to be long but should provide enough detail to convey main points of the day’s readingsOther two sections can be 1-2 sentences.
2. Introduction and Chapter 1
3. Hamlet on the HolodeckWho is Janet Murray?Worked at IBMSuits and hackersMusical printerPhD in English Literature from HarvardVictorian scholarNovel as ultimate formNot into deconstructionNew Media ResearcherEstablished first university course in interactive narrative at MIT(1990s)Since 1999 at Georgia Tech professor in the school of Literature, Media, and CommunicationInto constructionist educational software
4. Hackers and BardsComplementary skills“The spirit of the hacker is one of the great creative wellsprings of our time, causing the inanimate circuits to sing with ever more individualized and quirky voices”“The spirit of the bard is eternal and irreplaceable, telling us what we are doing here and what we mean to one another.”
5. The HolodeckA universal fantasy machineIllusory world open to individual programming that can be stopped, started, or turned off at at willVision of a computer as a story-telling genie in the lampA generally positive vision of the future of interactive narrativeHow does it compare to today’s games?
6. Janeway’s HolonovelLucy Davenporthttps://youtu.be/PUp5bsDhhRE?t=8 More leisurely, and open ended explorationPresented over several episodes Stories were not always positiveAs a replacement for the real worldHoloaddiction
7. Reaction to New MediaEarly reaction is generally negativeFear of changeAlso, culture needs to adaptBrave New WorldTalkies, Movies, and FeeliesFahrenheit 451Vision of reality tv?“The televisors are evil because they create ‘an environment as real as the world.’”“Books are … better … their meager sensory input makes their illusions easier to resist.”McLuhan’s hot and cold
8. Reaction to New MediaTekWar Vision of virtual reality“the source of addiction, destitution, bad trips, overdose deaths, and gangster violence.”Computer GamesA film critic complained that his sons quit reading to play video games that “offer a kind of narrative, but one that yields without resistance to the child's desire for instant gratification.”
9. Utopian and Distopian VisionsBridging the Hopes and Fears“enticing but not enslaving”“Neither vision of the future refutes the other.”“Eventually all successful storytelling technologies become ‘transparent’: we lose consciousness of the medium and see neither print nor film but only the power of the story itself.”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bO7wE8snf2E
10. Computer as Meta-MediumComputers enable many existing forms of communicationExisting representations being digitizedTypical of a new mediumIncunabula recorded prose and poetry of oral storytellingMovies were recordings of plays“At the incunabula phase of narrative computer”
11. Towards a Real Life HolodeckHow to support movement within virtual spaces in “small” spacesA large scale tracking lab with VR headsetsRedirected walking and control algorithmsLarge multi-directionaltreadmillhttps://youtu.be/7ZPs7knvs7M?t=325See @ 5:3011
12. Chapter 2: Harbingers of the Holodeck
13. Computer as Meta-MediumComputers enable many existing forms of communicationExisting representations being digitizedTypical of a new mediumIncunabula recorded prose and poetry of oral storytellingMovies were recordings of plays“At the incunabula phase of narrative computer”
14. The Multiform StoryPresentation of alternate paths/narrativesSound and the Fury Different viewpoints It’s a Wonderful LifeShowing the world with and without George BaileyThe Garden of the Forking PathsMultiplicity of alternatives
15. The Multiform StoryGroundhog DayRepeating timeChanging choicesDictionary of the KhazarsNo linear narrativestory is constructed in the reader’s mind
16. The Active AudienceChanging the author-reader relationAuthors talking about or changing their decisionsGives insight into the goals and indecisions of the authorReaders remixing content or writing new contentReorderable pagesFan fiction
17. The Active AudienceNew forms based on author’s world (LARP)Participatory dinner theaterMUDs, MOOs, and MMORPGDifferent playerswant different thingsRole playing servers
18. 3D MoviesEarly examples Used motion, frightIncluded jarring effectsNow it is commonplaceWhat have we learned?The potential for 3D sound and images to present external and internal contentRiding the movies (limited simulation)
19. Taking 3D to Extremes?4DX theatershttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-IPanvJaZ0Ihttp://www.cj4dx.com/aboutus/aboutus.php
20. Drama in GamesMany games include narrative in cut scenes between player activities/challengesFloyd the robot in PlanetfallMyst – the role of soundWhat are some more recent examples?
21. Story WebsHypertextReader gets to chooseMake your own story booksAfternoon byMichael Joyce“I want to say I may have seen my son die today.”Reader confusion to match character confusionhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=djIrHF8S6-QElectronic literature exhibition publicityhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YVsPu2k7khIVictory Garden sampler:http://www.eastgate.com/VG/VGStart.html
22. Computer Scientists as StorytellersTechnology is now commonShared virtual worlds, avatars, force feedback, computer charactersMagic MirrorMurray vs. TomlinCMU’s OZ groupInteractive DramaAI techniques (as DM)Computer keeps the story moving forward; finds most satisfying/ interesting narrative paths