nARratives of augmented worlds
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Shilkrot, Roy
Montfort, Nick
Maes, Patricia
Date Issued
October 2014
Journal
Proceedings of the 2014 IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality - Media, Art, Social Science, Humanities and Design (IMSAR-MASH'D)
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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
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Shilkrot, Roy, Nick Montfort, and Pattie Maes. “nARratives of Augmented Worlds.” 2014 IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality - Media, Art, Social Science, Humanities and Design (IMSAR-MASH'D), 10-12 September, 2014, Munich, Germany, IEEE, 2014.
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Abstract
This paper presents an examination of augmented reality (AR) as a rising form of interactive narrative that combines computer-generated elements with reality, fictional with non-fictional objects, in the same immersive experience. Based on contemporary theory in narratology, we propose to view this blending of reality worlds as a metalepsis, a transgression of reality and fiction boundaries, and argue that authors could benefit from using existing conventions of narration to emphasize the transgressed boundaries, as is done in other media. Our contribution is three-fold, first we analyze the inherent connection between narrative, immersion, interactivity, fictionality and AR using narrative theory, and second we comparatively survey actual works in AR narratives from the past 15 years based on these elements from the theory. Lastly, we postulate a future for AR narratives through the perspective of the advancing technologies of both interactive narratives and AR.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Media Laboratory
Program in Media Arts and Sciences (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
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https://doi.org/10.1109/ISMAR-AMH.2014.6935436
