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Mixed reality stories: how creative writers integrate virtual and physical realities

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Mixed reality stories (MRS) unfold simultaneously in the physical and the virtual world. Advancements in digital technologies, which are now able to capture more contextual information about our physical environments, are enabling novel ways of blending the two worlds. To explore the process of creating stories from this perspective, we conducted a study with creative writers, in which we asked them to write a MRS script for outdoor running. While we saw instances of intentional connections between physical and virtual worlds in their work, we also observed the use of ambiguity or even deliberate contradiction with available contextual information. In this paper we discuss how these approaches can be beneficial for MRS and propose directions for future work.

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Darzentas DFlintham MBenford SJohn KGrammati PStefanos GChristos D(2018)Object-focused mixed reality storytellingProceedings of the 22nd Pan-Hellenic Conference on Informatics10.1145/3291533.3291588(278-281)Online publication date: 29-Nov-2018
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3291533.3291588

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Darzentas DFlintham MBenford SJohn KGrammati PStefanos GChristos D(2018)Object-focused mixed reality storytellingProceedings of the 22nd Pan-Hellenic Conference on Informatics10.1145/3291533.3291588(278-281)Online publication date: 29-Nov-2018
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