Year: 2025
Type: conference-paper
Abstract: Interactive storytelling in virtual reality is an emerging form of media that fundamentally transforms how stories are experienced.Unlike traditional formats such as film or literature, virtual reality grants users the freedom to look around and explore the environment from any angle, creating an enhanced sense of presence and immersion.However, this increased agency also presents new challenges for narrative design: users may miss key story events because their attention is not directed in the same way as in non-interactive media.Virtual reality narratives require new approaches to staging in order to fully engage users and effectively convey emotional content.This project presents a virtual environment designed to test out cues for interactive storytelling to make the user more engaged with a story.The aim is to study how authors can help viewers engage in the story and feel the emotions conveyed, notably by using various cues in the environment (sounds, light, behaviors).This demo presents the first tested cue, the gradual appearance of a crowd of virtual agents, to encourage viewer engagement during moments of dramatic tension.Participants are presented a story
Language: English
Subfield: Human-Computer Interaction
Field: Computer Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
Funder: Agence Nationale de la Recherche
OpenAlex ID: W4414958873