Perspective: Narrative Storyliving in Virtual Reality Design

Visual-Narrative and Virtual Reality

This paper explores the relationship between the image and the narrative in virtual reality (VR) environments. It addresses three main issues; how we engage in images, how the VR technology can enhance this engagement and how narratives can maintain this engagement. We present an initial investigation into the development of a visual-narrative model to increase immersion and engagement in a VR ...

Emergent narrative : towards a narrative theory of virtual reality

ion than the RPG player. Moreover a film director / screenplay writer or a novelist generally produces a film or writes a book for a generic audience, whilst the Game-Master is expected to consider specific individuals so as to deliver an interesting and enjoyable experience to trusting players. This outlook on storytelling differs from traditional theoretical approaches on narrative in the sen...

Virtual Reality and Computational Design

Virtual reality (VR) has been used for diverse purposes, including medical surgery training, visualizing metabolic pathways, socio psychological experiments, flight and driving simulation, as well as industrial and architectural design [1-5]. In these applications the role of VR is to represent objects for visual experience by a human expert. In engineering and design applications the purpose i...

Applied Virtual Reality in Aerospace Design

Challenges in Virtual Reality Exergame Design

Exercise video games have become increasingly popular due to their potential as tools to increase user motivation to exercise. In recent years we have seen an emergence of consumer level interface devices suitable for use in gaming. While past research has indicated that immersion is a factor in exergame effectiveness, there has been little research investigating the use of immersive interface ...