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Novel Dramatic and Ludic Tensions Arising from Mixed Reality Performance as Exemplified in Better Than Life

Authors : Nicky Donald, Marco Gillies

Published in: Interactive Storytelling

Publisher: Springer International Publishing

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Abstract

We observe that a Mixed Reality Performance called Better Than Life gave rise to novel dramaturgical and ludic possibilities that have not been observed elsewhere. Mixed Reality Performance is an emergent genre that takes many forms, in this case a live experience for a small group of physical participants (PP) and a larger group of online participants (OP). Both groups were offered individual and collective interactions that altered the narrative in real time. A mixed methodology approach to data generated during the performance has identified two key moments where both physical and online participant groups are split into many subgroups by ongoing live events. These events cause tensions that affect the trajectories of participants that make up their experience. Drawing on literary, theatre, cinema and digital game criticism we suggest that the possibilities for engagement in Mixed Reality Performance are exponentially greater than those available to previous media.

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Metadata
Title
Novel Dramatic and Ludic Tensions Arising from Mixed Reality Performance as Exemplified in Better Than Life
Authors
Nicky Donald
Marco Gillies
Copyright Year
2015
Book
Interactive Storytelling

Print ISBN: 978-3-319-27035-7

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-319-27036-4

Copyright Year: 2015

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-27036-4_28

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