The Provoking Thing: A VR Relationship
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The Thing Growing is a CAVE virtual reality artwork designed to promote an emotional relationship between a user and a computer−controlled character, the Thing. The application uses literary and dramatic techniques to form a context for the growth of the relationship and as the basis for the construction of the computer character’s intelligence.
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تاریخ انتشار 2002