Applied Interactive Story DIG 6551 J Michael Moshell, Stella Sung UCF Digital Media Fall 2009

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This document was last updated on 13 November 2009

NOTES from 12 November

QUESTIONS from the brainstorming session of 27 August.

STUDENT PAPERS and COMMENTARIES

The Syllabus

The Schedule

The following "As it happens" table will grow throughout the semester, with upcoming events as they are scheduled.

Date	Hour 1(6:00 -6:45)	Hour 2 (6:45-7:30)	Hour 3 (7:45-8:45)	Readings etc.
27 August	Introduction	Review the Proposal (see Reading 1) Powerpoint about 2008 Proposal	Design the Course Schedule	Reading Assignment 1
3 Sept	Interactive Performance - Jeff Wirth (all 3 hours)			Wirth:Interactive Performance, pp.1-24 (handout in first class)
10 Sept	Discuss last year's course	2d graphics; 3d graphics	Project Planning time. 2008 NSF Review	Get and read Snow Crash (discuss in +3 weeks)
17 Sept	Environment Group	Game Engines; Cyberspace and Mirror Worlds	Project Planning Time
24 Sept	Docent Group
1 Oct	Education/Content Group	Docent Action Plan	Discussion of Snow Crash
8 Oct	Sound Group
12 Nov	EXCEL Notes from 12 November

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Papers from 2008 Course

Overview
Bergman, Joel	MPSE Makings of a Simulation
Guthrie, Chelsea	The Invisibility of Success
Video Capture
Lenz, Adam	Video Composition for the Multiplayer Story Engine
Database and Role Assignment
Balgemann, Claire	Database Design and Creation for Interactive Multiplayer Events
Borglund, Dawn	MPSE and Interface Design for Multi-Life
McLemore, Katie	Exploring the Influence of Database Story Elements on Independent Agent Story Creation
Location Tracking
Lewter, Brad	Inexpensive Real Time Location Systems (RTLS) for Event Tracking using Existing WiFi Infrastructures
MPSE in Virtual Worlds
Hodgkiss, Joseph	The Multi-Player Story Engine and World of WarCraft