Thing Growing: Autonomous characters in virtual reality interactive fiction

Josephine Anstey; Dave Pape; Dan Sandin

Thing Growing: Autonomous characters in virtual reality interactive fiction

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University of Illinois at Chicago

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Abstract

A work of interactive fiction implemented in virtual reality, The Thing Growing, is described. It is in which the user is the main protagonist and interacts with computer controlled characters. This work of fiction depends on the user's emotional investment in the story and on her relationship to a central character, the Thing.

Original language	English
Pages	71-78
Number of pages	8
State	Published - 2000
Event	IEEE Virtual Reality 2000 - New Brunswick, NJ, USA Duration: Mar 18 2000 → Mar 22 2000

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Conference	IEEE Virtual Reality 2000
City	New Brunswick, NJ, USA
Period	03/18/00 → 03/22/00

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