Entries from Projects tagged with 'interactive'
Minor Battle
Minor Battle is an immersive 2D multiplayer platform game displayed on multiple screens, requiring players to actively engage in physical play and movement in order to complete team-based objectives in the virtual space. The gameplay incorporates multiple game modes, each of which provides a varying degree of intense action-driven combat... [Read More]
Tags: immersive space, installation, interactive, movement, multi‐screen, physical play, video game
Lambent Reactive
In his thesis project, The Lambent Reactive, MFA student Noah Keating has taken on the task of integrating dance movement with digital interactivity. To bring the freeform kinesthetic enjoyment of dance and the structured entertainment of interactive media together, Noah has developed a new project that engages players in a... [Read More]
Tags: dance, interactive, LightSpace, movement, music
Fitting In
Part museum exhibition and part virtual world, Jessica Rosenblatt's MFA thesis, Fitting In, is a unique interactive exhibit that aims to transport its participants to another era. This project uses the powerful technique of somatic interaction as an alternative to the passive museum exhibitions that dominate history education today. By... [Read More]
Tags: costumes, educational, history, interactive, motion, museum exhibit, somatic interaction, video projection
The Chosen
Through computer software, video games and television, users have come to expect more interactivity from their entertainment; so far, however, efforts to bring interactivity and film together have met with limited success. The Chosen, a thesis film by IMD MFA student Yuechuan Ke, is a pioneering effort to bring new... [Read More]
Tags: interactive, interactive film, multi-cam, narrative
Technophiles Anonymous
Technophiles Anonymous is the thesis project of Andrew Sacher, an MFA student from the class of 2006. The physical space of the project resembles a church confession booth. Upon stepping inside, however, a participant is confronted with multiple television screens through which a "virtual sponsor" will converse with them about... [Read More]
Tags: confession, interactive, physical space, technology
Telmahre
Telmahre, an interactive character drama in the tradition of Myst, is the thesis project of MFA gradute Michael Steffen. The player is free to explore Telmahre, a late medieval castle haunted by the memory of Tobias Rosseau. Tobias, a man trapped by his own fear of losing control, will... [Read More]
Tags: character drama, game, immersive space, interactive
SECT
SECT (Share, Engage and Connect with Television) is the thesis project of Julie Dillon, an MFA graduate of '06. Designed to provide a community experience for avid fans, the SECT program provides a model for online discussion forum based around different television shows. Each incarnation of SECT is tailored to... [Read More]
Tags: community, interactive, interface, online discussion, television
Interactive Panoramic Cinema
The Immersive Lab’s experiments in interactive panoramic cinema focus on designing immersive experiences for presentation in a 270 degree (4-4-4) projection environment, and via an eight-camera, 360 degree recording and editing system. While the projection space creates possibilities for physical immersion, the multi-camera system uses a game console and controller... [Read More]