Who am I that Acts? The Use of Voice in Virtual Reality Narratives
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Barbara, J., Haahr, M. (2021). Who Am I that Acts? The Use of Voice in Virtual Reality Interactive Narratives. In: Mitchell, A., Vosmeer, M. (eds) Interactive Storytelling. ICIDS 2021. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 13138. Springer, ChamDownload Item:
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Self-identification is a key factor for the immersion of the VR interactive narrative player. Diegetic non-protagonist narrators, touched-up heterodiegetic narrations with internal focalization, and casting the player in a ‘virtual sidekick’ role are suggested by the literature to support self-identification. This paper analyses the use of second-person voice and level of interactivity in two VR productions. In one, minimal use of the second person to address the player and negligible agency results in limited telepresence in a 360-video VR tour of a concentration camp accompanying a Holocaust survivor. In the second, use of a touched-up heterodiegetic narration with internal focalization heightens immersion levels but self-identification of the player as sidekick suffers as the narrative’s forward drive shifts between narrator, protagonist and antagonist. Future empirical work should explore the impact of second-person voice and interaction on the resultant self-identification and immersion.
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Author: Haahr, Mads; Barbara, Jonathan
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Lecture Notes in Computer ScienceInternational Conference for Interactive Digital Storytelling (ICIDS)
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Virtual reality, Second-person, Immersion, Interactive narrativeDOI:
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-92300-6_1Metadata
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