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OverviewThis monograph delves into recent evolutions in virtual reality (VR) storytelling, focusing on entertainment-based works created or launched since 2020. Through various case studies, it showcases the increasing diversity and sophistication of recent narrative-based projects. Moving past the initial hype associated with the latest wave of VR, a number of innovative and affective works combining documentary-based or fictional storytelling with game mechanics, live theatre and other elements, have appeared at festivals or on distribution platforms in recent years. These interdisciplinary works have much to tell us about the future of VR storytelling but have yet to receive sustained analysis. This book aims to correct that. Dooley argues that VR, as an interactive medium that places the user inside a storyworld in a visible or invisible virtual body, offers narratives that incorporate the user’s body as a storytelling tool. This fosters user-centred stories that unfold in three-dimensional space. Adopting phenomenological and formal analysis methodologies, the monograph examines case studies through their approaches to narrative, style, and interactive devices. Key concepts that are explored include agency, direct address, environmental and spatial storytelling, embodiment and presence. By providing a much-needed analysis of works through a variety of theoretical lenses, the book illustrates how recent VR storytelling fosters powerfully transformative experiences. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Kath DooleyPublisher: Springer International Publishing AG Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan Edition: 2024 ed. ISBN: 9783031649646ISBN 10: 3031649648 Pages: 243 Publication Date: 29 August 2024 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Not yet available This item is yet to be released. You can pre-order this item and we will dispatch it to you upon its release. Table of ContentsChapter 1: Introduction.- Chapter 2: A Body in the Story: Exploring Body Representation, Presence and Embodiment in Virtual Reality Narratives.- Chapter 3: Virtual Reality Narration: Listening to and re-living stories through first-person testimony.- Chapter 4: Exploring Environmental Storytelling Techniques in Expressive, Virtual Reality Documentary.- Chapter 5: Time, Space and the Body in The Under Presents (2019), a Multiplayer VR Game.- Chapter 6: Between storytelling and storyliving: user customisation of VR narratives.- Chapter 7: Virtual Reality Narratives Live Online: Immersive Theatre in VRChat Worlds.- Chapter 8: Conclusion: Virtual Reality Narratives as Embodied Encounters in Space.ReviewsAuthor InformationAssociate Professor Kath Dooley is a writer/director and academic based at the University of South Australia. Kath is author of Cinematic Virtual Reality: A Critical Study of 21st Century Approaches and Practices (2021) and co-editor of Screenwriting for Virtual Reality: Story Space and Experience (2024). Her research interests include embodiment in the context of screen media, virtual reality and screenwriting, women’s screen industry practice, and diversity in the screen industries. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |