Futurecasting storytelling

The Future of Digital Storytelling – An Exercise in Futurecasting Trisha Andres and Julian Kücklich Knowledge Transfer Partnership, London College of Communication / Press Association

Overview ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Rationale ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Methodology ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Allocation of tasks ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Overview ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

The Past: Oral Tradition ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Source: scholar John Campbell (1904-1987)

The Past: Dramatic Tradition ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

The Past: Pictorial Tradition ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

The Past: Musical Tradition ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

The Past: Musical Tradition ,[object Object],e.g.: Robin Hood - Broadsheet ballad = New ballads/Satirical or Royalist ballads - Literary ballad - Ballad opera = antecedents of the modern newspaper AKA oral news

The Past: Literary Tradition ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

The Past: Literary Tradition ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

The Past: Literary Tradition ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

The Past: Literary Tradition ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

The Past: Pictorial Tradition ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],THEN: HCB: George VI Coronation, 1938 NOW: Afghan girl, Steve McCurry, 1985

The Past: Audiovisual Media ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Digital text-based Storytelling ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Early hypertext systems Hypertext Editing System (1969) HyperCard (1987)

Early interactive fiction (IF) Colossal Cave / Advent (1975 / 1976) Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (1984)

Multi-User Dungeons (MUDs) MUD1 (1978)

Early hyperfiction Michael Joyce: Afternoon, A Story (1987)

Storytelling on the web Blogs (1994?) NASA website (1996)

Audiovisual storytelling ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Audio storytelling technology Compact cassette (1964) Compact disc (1982) MP3 player (1997) Podcasts (2001)

Audiovisual Media ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

(Digital) image-based storytelling Webcomics Flickr photo essay

Video storytelling technology VHS video (1976) Videoblogging (2003)

New TV storytelling formats Television (1925ish) Tivo (1998) Big Brother (1999) 24 (2001) American Idol (2002) Survivor (2001) I’m a Celebrity (2002) Lost (2004)

Multimedia Storytelling ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Early Hypermedia Aspen Movie Map (1978) Myst 1993

Interactive film Dragon’s Lair (1983) Phantasmagoria (1995)

Early graphical adventure games Super Mario Bros. (1985) King’s Quest (1984)

Early 3D narratives Doom (1993) Jeffrey Shaw: Legible City (1989)

Multilinear spatial narratives Grand Theft Auto 3 (2001) World of Warcraft (2004)

Alternate reality games (ARGs) I love bees (2004) The Beast (2001) SENTIENT MACHINE THERAPIST – JEANINE SALLA

Social networking as storytelling Facebook (2004) MySpace (2003) Twitter (2006)

Location-based storytelling Geocaching Mobile Map-based

The Near Future: Overview ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

The Near Future: Overview ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

The Future: 2008-2020 ,[object Object],Justin.tv Wearable sousveillance concept (Wearcam.org) Trackstick

The Future: 2008-2020 ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

The Future: 2008-2020 ,[object Object],Mark Weiser, Former Chief Technologist at Xerox PARC Source: fill

The Future: 2008-2020 ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],NOW: Ginza

The Future: 2008-2020 ,[object Object],Two scenarios: (a) One virtual world OR (b) Trans-national world (where avators or in a blood-cell computer world, the augmented version of you) can cross borders and traverse worlds Interoperability, virtual travel (ranging between worlds), interaction and rich communication Scenario 1 Scenario 2

The Future: 2008-2020 ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],BUSINESS

The Future: 2008-2020 ,[object Object],Digital Pens Gesture devices Motion sensors Game pads

The Future: 2008-2020 ,[object Object],BUSINESS ,[object Object],[object Object]

The Future: 2008-2020 ,[object Object],From: (multiplicity of platforms) BUSINESS SKYPE on PSP ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

The Future: 2008-2020 ,[object Object],BUSINESS + Touch screen scrolling (ad infinitum) feature e-paper - Inspired by Steve McCloud’s concept “Infinite Canvas” in comics

The Future: 2008-2012 ,[object Object],[object Object]

From multimedia to unimedia ,[object Object],[object Object]

From multimedia to unimedia Movie Game So undtrack B ook eReader Games Console Screen Phone Augmented Reality

Delivery technologies ,[object Object],[object Object]

Augmented reality Wearable computing technology HUDs Half-Life Terminator vision

Reactive Environments Ambient Intelligence Holodeck Virtual Reality

Neural interfaces / cyborgs Cyborgs

Drugs and dreams Programmable dreams Lucid dream device Hallucinations Psychoactive drugs

New consumption patterns ,[object Object],[object Object]

Procedural story generation Façade (2005)

A story generating database V. Propp: Morphology of the Folk Tale (1928) All possible stories All existing stories

Rich media formats ,[object Object],[object Object]

Artificial intelligence ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

The Sheherazade device ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Would you like me to tell you a story?

Storytelling as a social activity ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Conclusion ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

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