Narrative construction in a mobile tour guide

  • Authors:
  • Mei Yii Lim;Ruth Aylett

  • Affiliations:
  • School of Mathematical and Computer Sciences, Heriot Watt University, Edinburgh, Scotland;School of Mathematical and Computer Sciences, Heriot Watt University, Edinburgh, Scotland

  • Venue:
  • ICVS'07 Proceedings of the 4th international conference on Virtual storytelling: using virtual reality technologies for storytelling
  • Year:
  • 2007

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Abstract

Storytelling capabilities are vital aspect of a tour guide. In this paper, we present a mobile tour guide that emulates a real guide's behaviour by presenting stories based on the user's interests, its own interests, its belief and its current memory activation. This research moves away from the concept of a guide that recites facts about places or events towards a guide that utilises improvisational storytelling techniques. Contrasting views and personality are achieved with an inclusion of emotional memories containing the guide's ideology and its past experiences.