Ludic Second Life Narrative
Image: Charlotte Gould
Another presentation with moves09, Ludic Second Life Narrative hails from the too-clever-by-half brain of Charlotte Gould, a member of the Creative Technology Research Group at The University of Salford Adelphi Research Institute for Creative Arts & Sciences. Designed for large format public video screens, this project questions the way that the public embody themselves in virtual worlds whilst allowing users to explore alternative networked spaces.
Staged in an enchanted wood as a virtual retreat from the actual urban environment, the avatars or virtual others have a surreal, puppet-like quality rather than the stereotypical Barbie & Ken analogy. Via camera-tracking technology the user/s will be able to control the puppet in a natural, intuitive way without recourse to keyboards or hand-held devices - existing in a dual dimension of both here, and there…
Ludic Second Life Narrative
Big Screen Liverpool (in association with moves09)
Saturday 25th April / 2 - 3pm