Conceiving ShapeShifting TV: A computational language for truly-interactive TV

Marian F. Ursu*, Jonathan J. Cook, Vilmos Zsombori, Robert Zimmer, Ian Kegel, Doug Williams, Maureen Thomas, John Wyver, Harald Mayer

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Abstract

iTV does not yet have truly interactive programmes, that is programmes whose content adapts to the preferences of their viewers. In commercially deployed iTV productions, the programmes themselves are essentially linear and therefore non-interactive. In the research arena, the main bulk of work in computational support for interactive narratives focuses on wrapping interactions up in meaningful and interesting narratives, rather than on expanding traditional linear narratives with interactivity. This paper presents a validated approach to the development of truly interactive programmes called ShapeShifting TV. In focus is a representation language for narrative structures.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationLecture Notes in Computer Science
PublisherSpringer
Pages96-106
Number of pages11
Volume4471 LNCS
ISBN (Print)354072558X, 9783540725589
Publication statusPublished - 21 Dec 2007
Event5th European Conference on Interactive Television, EuroITV 2007 - Amsterdam, United Kingdom
Duration: 24 May 200725 May 2007

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science
PublisherSpringer
Volume4471 LNCS
ISSN (Print)03029743
ISSN (Electronic)16113349

Conference

Conference5th European Conference on Interactive Television, EuroITV 2007
Country/TerritoryUnited Kingdom
CityAmsterdam
Period24/05/0725/05/07

Keywords

  • Authoring
  • Automatic
  • Editing
  • Intelligence
  • Interactive
  • Itv
  • Narrative
  • Programme
  • Reasoning
  • Representation
  • Space
  • Storytelling
  • Structure
  • Testing

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