Well, here they be, in all their experimentational glory:
Here's my project: http://randomfoo.net/cntv/ctwr518/
Doing this for class was a good way to bootstrap this process and has led to some good (unexpected) results. A friend suggested that I do a short-paper submission for HT2004, and this may become the proof of concept application for a NG-DHTML working group I've just joined.
Here is the link:
http://interactive.usc.edu/members/jchen/
Yay for figuring out Director's screwy publishing settings! Note to the public, when publishing 3d content, if it doesn't work on the "3d Content Loader" HTML template, switch it to something else. "Center Shockwave" worked nicely for me.
Use arrow keys to navigate. Eventually, different verses of poetry will scroll by as you move around the space. Complimentary, and ideally integrated, 3d imagery and audio will appear and disappear as you progress.
Two Papers on the Oz Project I used for research, in pdf format:
" Interactive Drama, Art and Artificial Intelligence "
"Believable Agents: Building Interactive Personalities "
Yesterday's NY Times Circuit section reviewed an epistolary novel both written and delivered as email and IM. Take a look at the article and Rob Wittig's links.
Call Me E-Mail: The Novel Unfolds Digitally
By Adam Baer