Towards Narrative-Driven Atmosphere for Virtual Classrooms

PubDate: May 2019

Teams: HCI Group & University of Würzburg，Lab-STICC，University of Glasgow

Writers: Jean-Luc Lugrin；Anne-Gwenn Bosser；Marc Erich Latoschik；Mathieu Chollet；Yann Glémarec；Birgit Lugrin

PDF: Towards Narrative-Driven Atmosphere for Virtual Classrooms

Abstract

In this paper, we propose the integration of audience atmosphere generation techniques into Interactive Storytelling (IS) engines to obtain more realistic and variable Virtual Reality (VR) training systems. We outline a number of advantages of this novel combination compared to current atmosphere generation techniques. The features of recent IS engines can be extended to automatically adapt the atmosphere produced by a group of virtual humans in response to user intervention while staying coherent with the unfolding story of the training scenario. This work is currently being developed in the context of a VR training for teachers, in which they learn to manage a difficult classroom under the guidance of an instructor.