intelligent agent Vol. 5 No. 1 -- Special Issue: Artistic Virtual Environments

July 27, 2005

Type: discussion

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Articles now available at
http://www.intelligentagent.com

intelligent agent is published in a modular format:
+Thematic threads
Special Issue Vol. 5 No. 1:
//artistic virtual environments//
+reviews of games, exhibitions, books

All content is available in html and as pdf files.

NEW:

//editorial//
+ Guest Editor: Dena Elisabeth Eber, "Artistic Virtual Environments, Aesthe=
tics and Experiences"
This special issue of Intelligent Agent presents six essays that explore th=
e aesthetics connected with virtual environments created and presented as w=
orks of art, works about art, or related genres. The essays primarily focus=
on the aesthetic experience for participants, aesthetic analysis, content,=
emotional content, emotional experiences, and the qualities of the medium.=

//artistic virtual environments//
+ Dena Eber, Greg Little, Brian Betz, "The Aesthetic Experience, Emotion an=
d an Artistic Virtual Environment"
Eber, Little, and Betz explore the aesthetic experience for participants in=
teracting with artistic virtual environments (AVEs). Their essay presents a=
formal study that measures the experience through the emotional response o=
f participants, which gauges the perceived emotional content of the AVE. Th=
e authors examine if this kind of content coupled with the immersive qualit=
ies of the AVE facilitates a rich aesthetic experience and thus a high feel=
ing of presence for the participant.

+ Josephine Anstey, "Agents in Love. On the Construction and Use of Emotion=
al Characters in VR"
Anstey discusses her approach to interactive drama that provides an "emotio=
nal terrain" for the participants to discover. According to Anstey, emotion=
al response is best elicited by employing two key components, the applicati=
on of dramatic tools for narrative media to immersive virtual environments =
and the use of artificial intelligent agent-actors that guide participants.=
Anstey applies ideas similar to Alfred Hitchcock's psychological approach =
to a scripting process in which the theme centers on anxiety and emotional =
tension.

//review: software / tool//
+ Patrick Lichty, "Derivative Touch Designer" (VJ Software / Media Art Tool=
, Derivative, Inc.)
Patrick Lichty tests "Derivative Touch Designer," a VJ software and 'medi=
a development artware