The Thing Growing: Autonomous Characters in Virtual Reality Interactive Fiction

March 18th, 2000

Categories: Applications, VR Art

The “Thing”
The “Thing”

Authors

Anstey, J., Pape, D., Sandin, D.

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This paper describes “The Thing Growing”, a work of Interacive Fiction implemented in virtual reality, in which the user is the main protagonist and interacts with computer contorlled 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.

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Anstey, J., Pape, D., Sandin, D., The Thing Growing: Autonomous Characters in Virtual Reality Interactive Fiction, Proceedings of IEEE Virtual Reality 2000, New Brunswick, NJ, March 18th, 2000. http://www.evl.uic.edu/pape/papers/thing.vr00