In Pieces VR: Micronarrative and Abstraction in the Design and Conceptualization of a VR-based Experimental Documentary
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Session Title:
- Matters Mattering: Collective Interactions and Play
Presentation Title:
- In Pieces VR: Micronarrative and Abstraction in the Design and Conceptualization of a VR-based Experimental Documentary
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Abstract:
This paper presents the artwork In Pieces VR and its main design challenges and goals. It is a VR-based experimental documentary on political prison that uses micronarrative and abstraction as the main strategies in order to create a documentary and artistic experience that departs from conventional immersive journalism. The overall experience is one where much of the making sense of the piece is left open, so that the viewer has to fill in the gaps and piece together the story adding from her own experience. After introducing the work, these micronarrative and abstraction strategies are discussed, and connected to the ideas of intimacy, empathy and contact.
