Publications

Tilting at a Dreamer's Windmills: Gesture-Based Constructivist Interaction with Character

Baird F

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June 1997

Consciousness Reframed Conference. July 1997

Abstract

In the installation Sashay/Sleep Depraved, a participant uses emotionally evocative gestures to onteract with a larger-than-life-sized virtual character, the Sleeper. Research during the installation's construction has explored methods of interactive narrative and traditional cinema in three principal ways. First, the participant is positioned, not as a spectator or navigator, but as a role-player interacting with the Sleeper by altering her subconscious environment. Second, the participant's proximity to, and gestures toward the Sleeper foster a strong sense of immersion and engagement. lastly, in Sashay's constructivist environment, the participant enjoys the expressive, associative process of constructing an animated, surrealist dream.

http://mf.media.mit.edu/pubs/conference/TiltingWind.pdf