A Different Train of Thought
interactive narrative on computer-controlled videodisc
1985-1986
Strohecker, C. (MIT Media Laboratory)
- CS role:
- creator, developer
- Paper:
- Related paper:
- 1993 - A comparison of museum exhibits in three areas: Art, sports,
and science
CITATION | RELATED LINK
- 1993 - A comparison of museum exhibits in three areas: Art, sports,
and science
- Described in:
- Mazalek, A., Davenport, G., Ishii, H. 2002. Tangible viewpoints: A physical approach to multimedia stories. Proc. 10th ACM International Conference on Multimedia, 153-160.
- Mazalek, A. 2001. Tangible interfaces for interactive point-of-view narratives. Master's thesis, Media Arts and Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
- Waters, T. 1989 (June). Hypermedia. Discover 10:6, 72-76.
- Mazalek, A., Davenport, G., Ishii, H. 2002. Tangible viewpoints: A physical approach to multimedia stories. Proc. 10th ACM International Conference on Multimedia, 153-160.
- Selected exhibitions:
- Tech2000, Washington DC, 1989-1990
- InterTainment, New York NY, 1988
- CityPlace, Boston MA, 1988
- MIT Media Laboratory, Cambridge MA, 1986
- LaserActive, International Interactive Communications Society, Boston MA, 1986
- Convergence: An International Forum on the Moving Image, Montreal, 1986
- Video aspect:
- Photo from iStockphoto
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Viewers can see thoughts of different characters on all-night train ride in Eastern Europe. Depending on how and when you interact, you get different senses of who the characters are and what the story means. Documentary footage of Budapest intersperses enacted scenes to recreate a real-life story about how people manage to communicate even when they don't share a spoken language.