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Timeline Authoring System

October 22, 2021 by psilva6

Creation of an interface and authoring system for creating stories that allow interactors to explore … [Read more...] about Timeline Authoring System

Filed Under: 2020, 2021 Tagged With: Interactive Documentary, Interactive Fiction

Pipping

April 30, 2019 by psilva6

Pipping aims to explore how introducing passive haptics can affect the feeling of presence in the … [Read more...] about Pipping

Filed Under: 2019 Tagged With: Game Design, Interactive Fiction, Virtual Reality

Data Leak

April 29, 2019 by psilva6

Data Leak is a VR stealth game, designed for Oculus Rift and other room-scale VR devices. The game … [Read more...] about Data Leak

Filed Under: 2019 Tagged With: Game Design, Interactive Fiction, Virtual Reality

Homelessness in Atlanta

April 29, 2019 by psilva6

Homelessness in Atlanta is a Human and Civil Rights VR experience focusing on educating interactors … [Read more...] about Homelessness in Atlanta

Filed Under: 2019 Tagged With: Game Design, Interactive Fiction, Virtual Reality

Wilted Flowers, Wilted Lives

April 29, 2019 by psilva6

Human rights issue There are 135 thousand suicides in India every year. A quarter of a million … [Read more...] about Wilted Flowers, Wilted Lives

Filed Under: 2019 Tagged With: Game Design, Interactive Fiction, Virtual Reality

Exposure

April 29, 2019 by psilva6

Exposure is a virtual reality demonstration that digitally recreates the Stonewall uprising of June … [Read more...] about Exposure

Filed Under: 2019 Tagged With: Game Design, Interactive Fiction, Virtual Reality

The Grand Palace

April 28, 2019 by psilva6

The Grand Palace is a Chinese history simulation game exploring a strategy of representing a complex … [Read more...] about The Grand Palace

Filed Under: 2019 Tagged With: Interactive Fiction, Simulation

Haptic VR Controller

April 28, 2019 by psilva6

This project is an extension from previous work from Pen Lab studio “SteampumpT” (DM Studio 6650 - … [Read more...] about Haptic VR Controller

Filed Under: 2019 Tagged With: Game Design, Interactive Fiction, Virtual Reality

To Be a Friend

April 28, 2019 by psilva6

To Be a Friend is a mental health application that simulates the experience of comforting a loved … [Read more...] about To Be a Friend

Filed Under: 2019 Tagged With: Interactive Fiction, Simulation

What’s Up in Wonderland

December 13, 2018 by psilva6

What’s Up in Wonderland? is a virtual reality experience created for the Samsung Odyssey platform. … [Read more...] about What’s Up in Wonderland

Filed Under: 2018 Tagged With: Game Design, Interactive Fiction, Virtual Reality

The Resurrected

December 13, 2018 by psilva6

The resurrected is a VR experience designed for Oculus Rift using the setting of Michael Jackson’s … [Read more...] about The Resurrected

Filed Under: 2018 Tagged With: Game Design, Interactive Fiction, Virtual Reality

Flee to the Tree

December 13, 2018 by psilva6

“Flee to the Tree” is a virtual reality (VR) exploratory experience designed for HTC Vive and other … [Read more...] about Flee to the Tree

Filed Under: 2018 Tagged With: Game Design, Interactive Fiction, Virtual Reality

Singularity VR

May 1, 2018 by psilva6

Singularity is a VR application created with Unity and the Oculus Rift Touch. The experience aims to … [Read more...] about Singularity VR

Filed Under: 2018 Tagged With: Game Design, Interactive Fiction, Virtual Reality

T2B: Tale of Two Boyfriends 2.0

May 1, 2018 by psilva6

The live version can be accessed here. T2B: A tale of two boyfriends is based on Janet Murray’s … [Read more...] about T2B: Tale of Two Boyfriends 2.0

Filed Under: 2019 Tagged With: Interactive Fiction

Sci-Fi Escape VR

April 30, 2018 by psilva6

Sci-Fi Escape is a virtual reality (VR) room escape experience designed for the Oculus Rift and … [Read more...] about Sci-Fi Escape VR

Filed Under: 2018 Tagged With: Game Design, Interactive Fiction, Virtual Reality

Fallen Fairy VR

April 30, 2018 by psilva6

Background Fallen Fairy is a virtual reality exploration that uses a narrative framework involving … [Read more...] about Fallen Fairy VR

Filed Under: 2018 Tagged With: Interactive Fiction, Virtual Reality

Maliang and the Magic Brush VR

April 30, 2018 by psilva6

Maliang and the Magic Brush is a VR experiment designed for the HTC Vive and other room-scale VR … [Read more...] about Maliang and the Magic Brush VR

Filed Under: 2018 Tagged With: Game Design, Interactive Fiction, Virtual Reality

Trespass VR

December 11, 2017 by psilva6

Trespass is a stealth game designed for the HTC Vive and other room-scale VR devices. We borrowed … [Read more...] about Trespass VR

Filed Under: 2017 Tagged With: Game Design, Interactive Fiction, Virtual Reality

SteamPumpT VR

December 10, 2017 by psilva6

  Compete in a steampunk hot-air-balloon race using a custom VR controller. You and your … [Read more...] about SteamPumpT VR

Filed Under: 2017 Tagged With: Game Design, Interactive Fiction, Virtual Reality

T2B Storytelling Platform

December 6, 2017 by psilva6

Yichi (Lyric) Liu Tales of Two boyfriends platform provides a platform for creating interactive … [Read more...] about T2B Storytelling Platform

Filed Under: 2017 Tagged With: Interactive Fiction

Isola VR

May 18, 2017 by psilva6

Isola is a VR journey that takes place in a fantasy world consisting of many floating islands. … [Read more...] about Isola VR

Filed Under: 2017 Tagged With: Game Design, Interactive Fiction, Virtual Reality

Gundam VR

May 15, 2017 by psilva6

https://vimeo.com/217738244 Gundam VR is a virtual reality adaptation of the Japanese animated … [Read more...] about Gundam VR

Filed Under: 2017 Tagged With: Game Design, Interactive Fiction, Virtual Reality

Lonely Mountain VR

May 15, 2017 by psilva6

Lonely Mountain is a virtual reality adaptation of the movie The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five … [Read more...] about Lonely Mountain VR

Filed Under: 2017 Tagged With: Game Design, Interactive Fiction, Virtual Reality

Over The Garden Wall VR

May 15, 2017 by psilva6

Alone in a strange and dark forest, you find a lantern, your sole source of light and comfort. But … [Read more...] about Over The Garden Wall VR

Filed Under: 2017 Tagged With: Game Design, Interactive Fiction, Virtual Reality

Ares Room Scale VR

May 5, 2017 by psilva6

  In a race against the clock, players embark on a dangerous adventure. Within moments, the … [Read more...] about Ares Room Scale VR

Filed Under: 2017 Tagged With: Game Design, Interactive Fiction, Virtual Reality

StrangVR Things

December 23, 2016 by psilva6

Virtual reality provides interactors a means of immersing themselves into worlds that might be out … [Read more...] about StrangVR Things

Filed Under: 2016 Tagged With: Game Design, Interactive Fiction, Virtual Reality

GameBridge

December 26, 2015 by psilva6

Demo GameBridge GameBridge Video Transmedia storytelling enables a narrative to traverse various … [Read more...] about GameBridge

Filed Under: 2015 Tagged With: Game Design, Interactive Fiction

Twitch Fiction

January 18, 2015 by psilva6

Twitch Fiction is an experiment in participatory narrative creation that utilizes the live streaming … [Read more...] about Twitch Fiction

Filed Under: 2015 Tagged With: Interactive Fiction, Second Screen Companion

Stories in Motion

January 13, 2014 by psilva6

Pedro Silva, Abhishek Nandakumar, Dillon Eversman, Rose Peng, Patricia Joe, Jesse Shedd, Sanat Rath, … [Read more...] about Stories in Motion

Filed Under: 2014 Tagged With: Gestural Interaction, Interactive Fiction

Universal Threshold Object

October 29, 2012 by psilva6

Project Directors: Janet Murray, Ali Mazalek Abhishek Nandakumar, Balasubramanyam Ganapathi, Ben … [Read more...] about Universal Threshold Object

Filed Under: 2012 Tagged With: Game Design, Gestural Interaction, Interactive Fiction, Replacing the Remote

Don’t Open That Door

May 12, 2012 by psilva6

Project Advisors: Janet H. Murray, Ali Mazalek, Paul Clifton Jared Caldwell, Isaac Kulka, Riccardo … [Read more...] about Don’t Open That Door

Filed Under: 2012 Tagged With: Game Design, Gestural Interaction, Interactive Fiction

Reliving Last Night

May 17, 2011 by psilva6

This project is an interactive narrative video story in which the protagonist, Claire, lives out the … [Read more...] about Reliving Last Night

Filed Under: 2011 Tagged With: Interactive Fiction

Widgets for Interactive TV

January 1, 2009 by psilva6

Sergio Goldenberg (Project Manager), Thomas Barnwell, Bobby Schweizer, Tonguc Sezen, Digdem … [Read more...] about Widgets for Interactive TV

Filed Under: 2009 Tagged With: Interactive Fiction

SyncGame

May 17, 2007 by psilva6

Sergio Goldenberg (Project Manager), Paul Amsbary, Rishi Bhilavdikar, Jill Donnelly, Annie Lausier, … [Read more...] about SyncGame

Filed Under: 2007 Tagged With: Game Design, Interactive Fiction

The World War II: D-Day

December 1, 2005 by psilva6

Negar Farhi (Project Manager), Paul Amsbary, Brandon Brown, Sergio Goldenberg, Hartmut Koenitz, Nate … [Read more...] about The World War II: D-Day

Filed Under: 2005 Tagged With: Interactive Documentary, Interactive Fiction

Love and Diane

May 17, 2004 by psilva6

Karyn Lu, Tom Banaszewski, Zuley Clarke, Drew Cogswell, Engin Erdogan, Sharon Haber, Jennifer … [Read more...] about Love and Diane

Filed Under: 2004 Tagged With: Interactive Documentary, Interactive Fiction

Celebrity Mole

December 17, 2003 by psilva6

Drew Cogswell, Chetan Bagga, Zuley Clarke, Engin Erdogan, Sumier Phalake, Alex Ross This prototype … [Read more...] about Celebrity Mole

Filed Under: 2003 Tagged With: Game Design, Interactive Fiction

Two Towns of Jasper

December 16, 2003 by psilva6

Gunthar Hartwig, Chetan Bagga, Yvonna Caravia, Sumier Phalake, Susan Robinson, Nina Walia The … [Read more...] about Two Towns of Jasper

Filed Under: 2003 Tagged With: Interactive Documentary, Interactive Fiction

Hot Norman eTV Prototype

January 17, 1998 by psilva6

The Hot Norman eTV Prototype explored linking between diverse video narratives and embedding of … [Read more...] about Hot Norman eTV Prototype

Filed Under: 1998 Tagged With: Interactive Fiction

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