Issue Details: First known date: 2018... 2018 Surveying VR Storytelling : Investigating Key Terminology and the Role of the Procedural Author
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'Current discussions around virtual reality (VR) storytelling have surged in the last few years, along with the growth of virtual reality technology and content. There is a focus on differentiating and defining this medium by discussing the immersive, interactive qualities that give it new ways to tell stories. Questions circle around what it means when audiences are ‘present’ in the narrative and how this creates a desire to have agency. I argue these terms – immersion, presence, interactivity, and agency – can be afforded more nuance as they are often used to discuss two different yet interconnected aspects of telling stories with technology: the technology itself and narrative techniques. In an attempt to understand how to tell stories with VR, I have discussed the terms immersion, presence, interactivity and agency from a technology perspective and a narrative perspective. I discuss the translation of literary techniques to VR narratives to demonstrate how storytellers can alter the way audiences are immersed, have agency and feel present and can interact in digital narratives.'  (Publication abstract)

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    y separately published work icon TEXT Special Issue Website Series no. 49 April 2018 14203136 2018 periodical issue

    'This special issue of TEXT considers the new forms of writers and writing practices that are emerging in our digital age, paying specific attention to the various convergences of writing practices with cultures of gaming.' (Source : Introduction)

    2018
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