PAAPAB
PAAPAB (Pick An Avatar, Pick A Beat) is a
shared virtual-reality disco environment
inhabited by life-size puppets, animated
by users in CAVEs and ImmersaDesks around
the globe. Users can tour the dance floor
to see the puppets they animate, dance with
the puppets, and dance with avatars of other
users. This research focuses on creating
interactive drama in virtual reality; that is,
immersive stories. PAAPAB serves as a testbed
for technology development as well as character
and world design.
In addition to interacting with the PAAPAB
demonstration, iGrid attendees are treated
to performances with the Interactive
Institute's Incarnation of a Divine Being,
an environment built using the same software
infrastructure. Incarnation is a virtual-reality
space based on ancient Greek theater, where people
meet and together perform an improvised
drama in cyberspace.
Acknowledgment:
Ygdrasil (YG), a VR authoring system by Res Umbrae;
Quanta.
Collaborators
Josephine Anstey, Dan Neveu, Department of Media Study, University at Buffalo, USA
Dave Pape, Res Umbrae, USA
Christina Bloebaum, Eliot Winer, New York State Center for Engineering Design and Industrial Innovation, University at Buffalo, USA
Torbjorn Johansson, Annika Westergren, Kalle Jalkanen, Marcus Johansson, Fredrik Lindegren, Sol Morn, Jonas Nimrodsson, Jim Robertsson, Jonas Westling, Tools for Creativity Studio, Interactive Institute, Sweden
Contact
Dave Pape
Res Umbrae, USA
dave.pape@acm.org
http://resumbrae.com/projects/paapab/
http://www.ccr.buffalo.edu/anstey/VR/PAAPAB/
http://www.nyscedii.buffalo.edu/
