A way to join and fly in places of beauty
The new medium of interactive virtual worlds is
currently at that critical point of development when all
the technical means now exist to enable the definition of
the unique 'language' of the medium. It is at a similar
point as cinema was about one hundred years ago when
directors discovered the freedom of time and space made
possible by film editing, and the ability to merge
interior thought and exterior action into a seamless
whole. The language of cinema became defined by a grammar
of 'montage' instead of a flow of continuous experience
within simple bounds of Aristotelean dramatic
unities.
The new language of virtual experience
The language of this new medium will be based on a
non-linear topology for narrative navigation and
discovery, as well as active participation within the
flow of action instead of a passive witnessing. The
artistic nature of the medium allows for an interactive
weaving of many sensory threads able to create a powerful
'suspension of disbelief' perhaps even more powerful than
cinema since it is able to provide willful activity and
discovery within a cluster of re-traceable yet changing
paths, a condition which mimics the experience of 'life'
itself. In addition the experience can be shared 'live'
with other participants as well as fictional 'characters'
sometimes indistinguishable from living participants...
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