{"title":"The Pervasive and the Digital: Immersive Worlds in Blast Theory's 'A Machine to See With' and Dennis Del Favero's 'Scenario'","authors":"D. P. O'Brien","doi":"10.4018/IJEP.2017070103","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Thispaperdiscussestwoimmersivestoryworldsbetweentwodistinctinteractiveartworks.Blast Theory’sAMachinetoSeeWith(2010)isapervasivefictionalexperiencethatenablesusers,through thetechnologyoftheirmobilephone,tobecomeimmersedwithinafictionalcrimescenarioacrossa realgeographicalsetting.DennisDelFavero’sartproject,Scenario(2011),bycontrast,isaninteractive andimmersivestorythattakesplaceina360-degreedigitalcinematicspacecalledanAVIE(Advanced VisualizationandInteractionEnvironment).Thisimmersiveworldisamixedrealityenvironment,a meetingplacewherefiverealusersandtendigitalscreencharactersconvergeandinteractthrough thetechnologyofmotionsensing.Participantsarevirtuallywiredintotheimmersiveworldthrough theperformanceoftheirmovement.Thispaperwillexplorebothoftheseartworksthroughoriginal interviewstheauthorhasconductedwitheachoftheartists.","PeriodicalId":13695,"journal":{"name":"Int. J. E Politics","volume":"1 1","pages":"30-41"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2017-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"1","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Int. J. E Politics","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.4018/IJEP.2017070103","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}