Anonymous: VR Storytelling Through Alienation and Reflexivity

Toby Gifford; Jon McCormack; Sojung Bahng

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Anonymous: VR Storytelling Through Alienation and Reflexivity

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Anonymous: VR Storytelling Through Alienation and Reflexivity

Toby Gifford, Jon McCormack and Sojung Bahng

Proceedings of the 25th International Symposium on Electronic Art, pp.120-128

International Symposium of Electronic Art (ISEA), 25th (Gwanju, South Korea, 22-Jun-2019–28-Jun-2019)

ISEA International

2019

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Abstract

Interactive media

Arts

Virtual Reality

cinematic VR

empathy

reflexivity

alienation

immersive storytelling

This paper describes practice-based research in the reflexive dimensions of cinematic VR, using alienation and disembodiment as rhetorical devices. Cinematic VR currently focuses on immersive illusion rather than inducing self-awareness, but VR can also create reflexive contexts for eliciting self and social reflection. Anonymous is an interactive cinematic VR that explores solitude and mortality, specifically people living and dying alone. The work plays on the technical limitations of VR technology as a narrative medium to create a sense of disembodiment and alienation, eliciting embodied reflexivity.

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Title: Anonymous: VR Storytelling Through Alienation and Reflexivity
Authors: Toby Gifford (Author) - Monash University
Jon McCormack (Author) - Monash University
Sojung Bahng (Author) - Monash University
Publication details: Proceedings of the 25th International Symposium on Electronic Art, pp.120-128
Conference details: International Symposium of Electronic Art (ISEA), 25th (Gwanju, South Korea, 22-Jun-2019–28-Jun-2019)
Publisher: ISEA International
Date published: 2019
Organisation Unit: School of Business and Creative Industries
Language: English
Record Identifier: 99713397302621
Output Type: Conference paper

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