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Identification and IDNs in the Metaverse: Who Would We Like to Be?

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Jonathan Barbara,

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Interactive Storytelling: 15th International Conference on Interactive Digital Storytelling, ICIDS 2022, Santa Cruz, CA, USA, December 4–7, 2022, Proceedings

Pages 601 - 615

https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-22298-6_39

Published: 04 December 2022 Publication History

Abstract

One’s digital identity on the Metaverse is critical enough to warrant EU regulation. Suggesting Interactive Digital Narratives as having a role to play in the Metaverse, we focus on the identity of the Virtual Reality interactor in such virtual spaces, and the potential impact this may have on the self-identity of the interactor. Building upon the notions of identity and the interactor’s construction of their narrative identity, we revisit identification in the context of VR Interactive Narratives (VRINs) and explore authenticity and character similarity as its dimensions. We interpret the construction of a narrative identity in VR as a vehicle for identity shift between the interactor’s self-identity and identification with the character. Based on the theoretical framework, we present a conceptual model for identity shift in VRINs which we then apply to a number of case studies to exemplify its utility and provide some guidelines for VRIN authors in how to use this model.

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Interactive Storytelling: 15th International Conference on Interactive Digital Storytelling, ICIDS 2022, Santa Cruz, CA, USA, December 4–7, 2022, Proceedings

Dec 2022

713 pages

ISBN:978-3-031-22297-9

DOI:10.1007/978-3-031-22298-6

Editors:
Mirjam Vosmeer
Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Lissa Holloway-Attaway
University of Skövde, Skövde, Sweden

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Soltani S(2023)A Design-Oriented Framework for Interactive Digital Narrative in Virtual Reality - Focus on Branching Narrative and AgencyInteractive Storytelling10.1007/978-3-031-47658-7_25(263-273)Online publication date: 11-Nov-2023
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Nisi VJames SBala PDel Bue ANunes N(2023)Inclusive Digital Storytelling: Artificial Intelligence and Augmented Reality to Re-centre Stories from the MarginsInteractive Storytelling10.1007/978-3-031-47655-6_8(117-137)Online publication date: 11-Nov-2023
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