ALICE's adventures in cultural computing

Jun Hu, Christoph Bartneck, Ben Salem Bernard, Matthias Rauterberg

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    Abstract

    In the paradigm of cultural computing, different cultures need different approaches to address the cultural determinants that strongly influences our way of thinking, feeling and worldview in general. For the western culture, our answer to this need is an artistic and interactive installation (ALICE) based on the narrative 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland'. To address the western culture characteristics highlighted in the narrative, six stages were selected and implemented as an interactive experience. From start to end, the user undergoes an immersive environment that integrates embodied and virtual agents, real and nature mimicking, and both virtual and augmented reality. Every stage challenges the hardware and software design to provide the intended experience, which at the overall system level yet have to be seamlessly integrated. A distributed and multi-layered architecture is designed to accommodate this need. After several pilot tests, the installation is ready as a cultural computing platform for the experiments that address the western cultural determinants.
    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)102-118
    JournalInternational Journal of Arts and Technology
    Volume1
    Issue number1
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2008

    Keywords

    • Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
    • western culture
    • cultural computing
    • human-computer interaction
    • HCI
    • art installation
    • interactive installation
    • virtual agents
    • virtual reality
    • augmented reality
    • immersive environments
    • Alice in Wonderland

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