Multiple Coordinated Mobile Narratives as a Catalyst for Face-to-Face Group Conversation

  • Authors:
  • Oliviero Stock;Charles Callaway

  • Affiliations:
  • FBK-irst, Povo (TN), Italy 38123;University of Haifa, Mount Carmel, Israel 31905

  • Venue:
  • ICIDS '09 Proceedings of the 2nd Joint International Conference on Interactive Digital Storytelling: Interactive Storytelling
  • Year:
  • 2009

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Abstract

Museum visits can be more useful to small groups if they can be the centerpiece of a social experience as well as an educational one. One of the most rewarding aspects of a visit, especially those involving families, is the unmediated group discussion that can ensue during a shared cultural experience. However, if current methods were to be applied to stimulate such discussions, their intrusive nature would be more likely detrimental than assistive. We present a non-intrusive method based on dramatic narrative presentations and automatic group behavior perception that we believe stimulates a group to engage in conversation as a natural part of making sense of partial narratives that require some mutual integration.